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Article: White Sox, Twins set for key AL Central series
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- September 23, 2008
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Neither the Chicago White Sox nor the
Minnesota Twins have been playing like contenders over the past
month. They're determined to change that during the final week of
the regular season.The White Sox will bring a 2 1/2-game lead in the
AL Central over the Twins to a packed-and-loud Metrodome tonight for
the start of a three-game series that should, finally, define this
slow-developing race."We're in first place, so we need to act like a
first-place team and go play like one," said Chicago lefty Mark
Buehrle, who will take the mound on Wednesday.Minnesota is glad to
be back, after playing 24 of the previous 30 games on the road and
going 9-15 in that stretch. The Twins ...