Q, Sox Aiming for a Mother’s Day Sweep

Sunday, May 8, 2016Today’s News:

First-Place Report

The White Sox, with an American League-best 21-10 record, increased their lead in the A.L. Central to five games over both the Indians and Royals with the 7-2 victory over the Twins. Chris Sale (7-0, 1.79) earned the win and became the first major leaguer to reach seven victories. He also becomes only the fifth Sox pitcher to win his first seven starts of a season–Eddie Cicotte (12, 1919), John Whitehead (8, 1935), Jack McDowell (7, 1993) and Jon Garland (8, 2005) are the others.

This Afternoon’s Game

White Sox vs. Twins at U.S. Cellular Field (1:10 p.m. CT, CSN) in the finale of the three-game series and six-game homestand. Having won the…