For the second consecutive series, the White Sox (6-2) enter the finale with a chance to secure a sweep and make further inroads to what’s already their best start record-wise since 2005, this time against a new iteration of the team that ended their most recent season to start even 5-2, the Tampa Bay Rays (4-5).
Even that 2005 team couldn’t quite reach the heights of 7-2, falling in game number nine to Cleveland. The last White Sox team to beat a 7-2 start? Nearly 40 years ago to the day, with a 1982 squad also managed by Tony La Russa — in a season massively delayed by blizzards!