You can exhale, now, White Sox fans. That was an exciting one!
The White Sox successfully clinched the series against the Oakland Athletics, pulling off a gutsy, 3-2 win on Wednesday night. With Cleveland losing to the Minnesota Twins in extra innings tonight, the South Siders increase their divisional lead to 12 games — the largest lead they’ve enjoyed all season.
At this point, losing the AL Central seems about as likely as being struck by lightning (… thunderstruck?), which means the Sox could be shifting their focus from a division title to earning a favorable seed in the postseason.