An 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers puts the Sox record against their A.L. Central foes to 5-12 which is truly pathetic considering the Sox are now just a game up on the second place Tigers.
Just a few more wins against the Tigers and this series and last few weeks of the season could be very different.
I won't go in to much detail about this one because really, the 8-6 final score makes this seem much closer than it actually was.
Detroit had an 8-1 lead heading into the 8th inning when the Sox were able to push across one run off Joaquin Benoit. Then, a three run home run off the bat of Kevin Youkilis who - GASP - wasn't bunting with runners on 1st and 3rd with one out, provided brief hand clapping by the 30,000+ in attendance.
Another meaningless run came across in the 9th but the damage was already done.
It seemed that Gavin Floyd was on a pitch count as he only threw 69 pitches through 4 2/3 innings. He threw well enough but Robin thought he should bring out a cavalcade of guys from the bullpen tonight. Hector Santiago, Brian Omogrosso, Leyson Septimo, and Dylan Axelrod threw a combined 3 1/3 innings giving up five runs on ten hits.
Brutal.
The Sox A.L. Central lead is down to 1 game as Chris Sale will try and keep the Sox in sole possession of first place tomorrow night against Justin Verlander.
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