The American League Central has bunched up because of the Tigers' struggles, so every team is thinking it has a shot. The White Sox took two of three games from Detroit last week and believe they can contend for the title.
"We have a lot of mediocre teams this year," White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf said. "I would expect some separation in the second half, but wouldn't it be great if everybody is .500 going into the last week of the season?"
Um, no.
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The Royals have had a hard time offensively. But they moved over .500 on Wednesday with a 4-1 victory over Cleveland, with all four runs scoring on sacrifice flies.
"I'd be lying to tell you it doesn't mean anything to get over .500, because it does," manager Ned Yost said. "It's a big thing."
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The Indians' Lonnie Chisenhall lost his third base job to Carlos Santana before the season but has sort of won it back. Batting .384 will do that.
