143

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• The White Sox dropped two out of three to the Angels over the weekend, a disappointing showing after the team had seemingly righted itself.
• The Sox and Angels have now played 644 games against each other since the Halos joined the American League in 1961. Each team has won 322 games against the other.
• The Magic Number is down to 143, but the Sox are in fourth place, 2.5 games back of Cleveland, in the tightly bunched A.L. Central.
• The Good Guys hit the road for an eight-game, 10-day trip, for two games at Seattle, and three each in Anaheim and Minnesota.
• They've won seven games on the road, all of them after trailing, so don't give up if the Mariners, Angels, or Twins jump out to a lead. On the other hand, the Sox have allowed the opponent to come back five times this season, so don't get too comfortable if the Sox score first.
• The Sox are 6-3 in opening games of a series in 2007, so look for them to win two out of three of the openers on this road trip.
• Mark Buehrle, who couldn't hold a lead yesterday, will have a second chance to win his 100th game, which would make him the first since Joe Horlen did it in 1970 to win his first 100 games as a White Sox. It took Horlen 10 seasons; Buehrle is in his eighth year with the team.

Had enough? The Update has. So let's just close with Go Sox!