Sox Get 50th Win on Season With 6-1 Win Over the A's (Game 88, '08)

The White Sox used what has worked all season long to help them win ballgames - excellent pitching and homeruns.  Seems simple enough, right? It is - when you can execute that plan on a nightly basis.  The White Sox have not quite done it every night, but they have won enough to give themselves a 50-37 record on the season, good enough for being 1 game ahead of the Minnesota Twins, who only hastened the CC Sabathia Sweepstakes with another smackdown of Cleveland last night, who now sit 13 games behind the first-place White Sox.  I'm not sure what is more remarkable - Minnesota's torrid run, or the White Sox' ability to still be in first place in spite of that run.  Clearly, the White Sox have at least done some work of their own, or they would be looking up at the Twins.  I know Steve Stone and Farmio joke about the Twins never leaving home, but they will hit the road soon.  Hopefully then, the White Sox will be able to create a little distance between themselves and the Twins. 

The Sox will have to win today to guarantee a split between themselves and the A's in this series.  Hopefully they will do that this afternoon.