91

It was bound to happen. We all knew that the White Sox weren't going to go through the rest of the season without losing. But did they have to lose three in a row? To the Tigers? While they piled up double digit hits in the first loss to Detroit, the bats fell silent in the last two games. Maybe it's time for another tirade from Ozzie.

Anyway, the Colorado Rockies are just what the doctor ordered. They stink on the road, posting only a .294 winning percentage, while the Sox are playing .645 ball at home. According to the Bill James Log5 method of estimating the odds on winning a single game, the home Sox have an 81% chance of beating the road Rockies. As Captain Picard (not to be confused with Captain Konerko, or even Captain Kangaroo or Cap'n Crunch) used to say, "Make it so."

The only good news over the last three days is that Minnesota's losses prevented the lead from shrinking too much -- it's still 5.5 games -- and cut the Magic Number to 91. Now it's time for the Good Guys to turn it around and run off another winning streak. And the White Sox are nothing if not streaky. Of their 37 wins, 22 of them have come as part of a streak of at least three games: one winning streak of three games, one of five games, and two of seven. Of their 29 losses, 18 have come as part of a streak of at least three games: three losing streaks of three games and one of six games. The Update prefers the former to the latter, so we'll close with our usual Go Sox!