Article: TIGERS 8, WHITE SOX 2; Running out of time, hope

Chicago Officially speaking, the Chicago White Sox still have a pulse, weak and fading fast perhaps, but a pulse nonetheless.

But in their heart of hearts, the White Sox know that their World Series championship flag has a shelf life of, oh, about two more weeks. After being swept by the Oakland A's over the weekend, the White Sox hobbled home, five games behind the Detroit Tigers in the American League Central standings and four games behind the Minnesota Twins in the wild-card chase.

The White Sox escaped Oakland hoping to take a bite out of Detroit's lead Monday night at U.S. Cellular Field. Detroit had lost 24 of its previous 37 games before Monday night and watched a onetime 10-game ...

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