Minnesota at Chicago

Minnesota has won six of their last eleven and three of their last five. Chicago has dropped four of their last seven. After allowing 32 runs to Minnesota in a Friday doubleheader, Chicago kept the Twins in check yesterday, winning 3-1. But we look for Minnesota to win the series here this afternoon. You see, Chicago doesn't have Mark Buehrle on the mound today as they did yesterday. Instead Javier Vazquez goes against Carlos Silva. Vazquez has been solid this year with a 3.70 ERA but it hasn't translated into a lot of wins. In sixteen games he's just 5-5 and he's actually got a losing home record. The run support just hasn't been there for him as the Sox are averaging just 4.1 runs per game on .240 hitting. Minnesota meanhwile averages 5.0 runs per game (5.3 on the road). And, we know that Vazquez isn't going the distance which means Minnesota gets to tee off on a horrible White Sox bulpen (6.54 home ERA). Chicago is just 8-16 this season in close games (line of +125 to -125). Vazquez must not like the sun either as the Sox are just 5-12 the past two seasons with him starting a day game. We'll take the hotter, better hitting team here.