The Minnesota Twins came to town and roughed up starter John Danks and were leading the Chicago White Sox late, 5-3 tonight. It doesn't look good. Chicago trails the Twins by six games and basically need a sweep to have a fighting chance down the stretch of the season. If the Sox come out of this trailing by more than six, you can wave goodbye to any post-season chances. Let's face it, the Twins may be the better team. The Sox are good but the Twins are better.
They get hits, get the outs when they need them. Their catcher, Joe Mauer, is terrific in the clutch. Cuddyer kills the Sox with big hits. Orlando Wilson has hurt them too. This season, the Twins seem to own the Sox, and you can't win a division against the top team that you can't beat. Danks, who has pitched well for Chicago, has been off his last 3 starts.
Tonight he got tagged for extra base hits, and wasn't as sharp as he was mid July. This was a must win game for Chicago. Perhaps they can pull off some magic in the 9th inning.
