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QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 16, 2012 -> 06:48 PM)
After games on September 16th:

 

White Sox: 16 (17 games left)

 

Tigers: 20 (17 games left)

 

Monday: DET (Fister) @ CWS (Quintana) 1:10

Fun fact... Detroit gave up multiple UER again today, and lost by 1 run. Defense again playing a big role.

 

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QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 16, 2012 -> 10:22 PM)
Fun fact... Detroit gave up multiple UER again today, and lost by 1 run. Defense again playing a big role.

 

White Sox 26 unearned runs

Tigers 67 unearned runs

 

That is +41 for the Sox, or about an extra two runs every every seven games played. Hard to pitch over that.

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White Sox 26 unearned runs

Tigers 67 unearned runs

 

That is +41 for the Sox, or about an extra two runs every every seven games played. Hard to pitch over that.

 

The overall run differential is 36 runs better for the Sox than Detroit, so they are almost dead-even teams aside from the defense.

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QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Sep 17, 2012 -> 08:08 AM)
The overall run differential is 36 runs better for the Sox than Detroit, so they are almost dead-even teams aside from the defense.

 

So quite literally, the difference in the division is the Tigers defense. That has to be hard to swallow for a team that just dropped $200 million plus on one player this year, while the Sox shrunk their payroll and shopped garage sales for their roster.

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So quite literally, the difference in the division is the Tigers defense. That has to be hard to swallow for a team that just dropped $200 million plus on one player this year, while the Sox shrunk their payroll and shopped garage sales for their roster.

 

Imagine how many more unearned runs the Tigers would be allowing if they didn't have a pitching staff with the second most strikeouts in the AL.

 

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1) All Dunn

 

If today's makeup game had been played as scheduled Thursday, Adam Dunn wouldn't have been in the White Sox's lineup. He was recovering from an oblique injury that had plagued him for a few weeks. Dunn has returned and is 3-for-4 in his career off today's Tigers starter Doug Fister.

 

2) Fister factor

 

The right-hander will make his second straight start against the White Sox (just as Chicago's Jose Quintana will make his second straight against the Tigers). Last Tuesday, Fister held the White Sox to two hits (both home runs) in seven innings. Will he have to pitch to the White Sox differently today because they just faced him? No, because of how Fister pitches. He doesn't use scouting reports. He goes on what he thinks will work best at the moment. Besides, the best pitchers often dominate the best teams for two starts in a row in a postseason series.

 

3) Valverde

 

By all appearances Tigers closer Jose Valverde -- who lost Sunday's game -- will be unavailable today except for unforeseen circumstances. Manager Jim Leyland didn't name a replacement.

 

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AJ Griffin, by the way, 6-0, 1.94 ERA vs. Scherzer, 2nd half AL Cy Young (great pitching match-up)

 

WED

B. Anderson, 4-1 (1.93 ERA) vs. Verlander, dominant in DET

 

THURS

Tommy Milone 13-10 (3.81 ERA) vs. Anibal Sanchez

 

 

Sale vs. Mendoza WED, TBA (Liriano/Santiago) vs. Cy Chen on Thursday, no Guthrie, thankfully...and we beat Chen the last time we faced him, so that should give us some added confidence heading into that one.

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White Sox: 12 (12 games left)

 

Tigers: 15 (13 games left)

 

Saturday: MIN (Deduno) @ DET (Fister) 3:05

CWS (Quintana) @ LAA (Haren) 8:05

 

Sunday: MIN (Diamond) @ DET (Scherzer) 12:05

CWS (Floyd) @ LAA (Weaver) 2:35

MIN (Walters) @ DET (Smyly) 6:05

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White Sox: 12 (11 games left)

 

Tigers: 13 (12 games left)

 

 

Sunday: MIN (Diamond) @ DET (Scherzer) 12:05

CWS (Floyd) @ LAA (Weaver) 2:35

MIN (Walters) @ DET (Smyly) 6:05

 

 

When I get home from the Bears game tomorrow, I better be able to change that 12 next to White Sox

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