Twins-Sox series preview
As many of you know, the Twins and White Sox start a pretty important series tonight at the dome. The match-ups have been set. Its Vazquez-Baker tonight, followed by Buehrle-Blackburn tomorrow night, and Floyd-Slowey is the matchup for the finale on wednesday night. Some people say that all three games are must wins for the Twins. I agree with these people. We have won something like 5 of our last 6 home games against Chicago, a trend that needs to continue.
If we sweep the series we are a half game up, if we only win two of three we are 1.5 games back. The Sox still have that make-up game to play with the Tigers due to the rainout a few weeks back. This will only be played if necessary. We play KC at home after the White Sox, and the Sox go back to Chicago to play the Indians.
Thoughts on the series? Does anyone think the Twins can afford to lose one of these games?
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While a sweep is obviously the most desirable outcome, I don’t think we’ll be completely sunk if we only take 2 of 3.
We’d be 1.5 back, meaning we’d have to sweep KC at home, and hope the Sox don’t sweep the Indians — and the Indians have been playing really well lately. If we take 2 of 3 from the Sox then sweep KC, and the Sox take 2 of 3 from the Indians, then the Sox have to play Detroit and if they lose, we get to play them in a one game playoff.
That’s not a desirable solution at all, but it’s at least possible.
I really hope gardy doesn’t instill in these guys that a sweep isn’t necessary. I feel if they are told they don’t absolutely need to win a game, the get that “we’ll get them tomorrow attitude”, which is not the killer instinct we need at this time of year.