Morning Box Score: Sox Falter Again

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Sep 10, 2010 1:00PM

With the Twins off yesterday, the Sox hoped to make up a game in the race for the AL Central crown. But instead of a win, the Sox again faltered and fell to the Tigers 6-3, dropping six games back of the Twins. What was a seven-game win streak has now given way to a three-game losing streak as the Sox watch their playoff chances fade like Marty McFly's hand on stage at the Enchantment Under The Sea dance. Down 4-0 in the fourth, Alex Rios belted a two-run homer to cut into the Tigers' lead but they couldn't do much more to catch up. The Tigers tagged Sox starter Gavin Floyd for 13 hits, bringing six runs (five earned) over six innings pitched. Said Ozzie of losing more ground to the Twins: "Punch in the nose. But you can't do anything about it. Like I said before we came here, if we expect and we hope that another team beats them, we're crazy." The Sox now only have 22 games left to make up the necessary ground. They catch a break in that they host the Twins for a three-game series next week, but they have to get through a weekend series with the Royals first. Game one of that series is at The Cell tonight (7:10 p.m., CSN).

The Cubs begin a weekend series in Milwaukee tonight (7:10 p.m., WGN).