Gain A Split, But Here Come The Sox

The Cleveland Indians are 2 1/2 games ahead of the Tigers as they leave tonight to go home to Northeast Ohio. The Chicago White Sox have won 7 out of their last 10 games, and they are coming tomorrow to play our team who has lost 6 out of their last 10. What this means is that the Tigers could be 14 games out of first by late Thursday afternoon. 

The Tigers are scheduled to face Jose Contreras on Tuesday, Javier Vazquez on Wednesday, and Mark Buehrle on Thursday. Of these three, the Tigers best chance to get a win is Thursday as Kenny Rogers opposes Buehrle.  They are running into another pitching juggernaut as they have a few times this season, and their lineup has not shown that they are up to the challenge. 

I have a lot of concern going into this series as these will be three tough games to watch. When the dust clears, will the Tigers have 40 losses and find themselves beaten morally?