The Cleveland Indians face the White Sox with their postseason hopes on life support

The final division foe on this long home stand will be the Chicago rival White Sox. Just a week ago, the Indians took two of three in Comiskey. The teams originally split a two gamer at Progressive in April but then the Tribe lost two of three in Chicago a week later. They swept the White Sox at Comiskey in mid-May during first hot streak of the year, but the Sox returned the favor in July when they took all four games in Progressive. The White Sox still hold a 9-7 advantage on the season.

• Friday 7:10 PM: Chris Sale (L) vs. Cody Anderson (R)
• Saturday 7:10 PM: Carlos Rodon (L) vs. Carlos Carrasco (R)
• Sunday 1:10 PM: John Danks (L) vs. Josh Tomlin (R)

The Upcoming Schedule: After a day off on Monday, the Tribe takes their final road trip of the season. They will visit Minnesota in a critical Wild Card showdown and then off to Kansas City for the division leading Royals.

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Playoff Watch: Royals at Tigers, Red Sox at Blue Jays, Mariners at Rangers, Yankees at Mets, A's at Astros, Angels at Twins, Orioles at Rays.

Team in a Box

The White Sox lost the last series but it was fairly competitive. The Indians won 3-2 in the opener, lost the second game 7-4 and then won the finale 6-4. The White Sox then lost two of three to the Twins and split a four game set with the A's.

Projected Roster

# includes stats with Cubs

Last week it was Abreu and Thompson who stole the show.  Abreu crushed two homers off Bauer and Tomlin while Thompson also hit one off Tomlin. Brantly hit his first of the year off Carrasco. And Garcia went 6-11 in all three games.

Projected Staff

The Tribe opens with Chris Sale again, who the Tribe beat on three solo home runs. Then the Twins absolutely pummeled him. He lasted just three innings, giving up six runs on nine hits and struck out just three. Rodon was the reason the Tribe lost the lone game in the last series. He allowed just a single run on five hits, with one walk and eight strikeouts in seven innings. He hasn't pitched since that game however. Instead of Samardzija, this time the Indians get to face Danks. In his past five starts, he has a 4.50 ERA, 1.12 WHIP and 6.1 K/9 in 34 innings. Danks has been ineffective against the Indians to say the least. In three starts, he has a 6.75 ERA, 1.63 WHIP and 5.6 K/9 covering just 16 innings.

On the Shelf

• No injuries noted

Almanac

*Does not include 2015 stats

Prediction: As much as I'd love to call for a sweep (and if the Tribe truly wants to stay in the race, they will need it), beating three lefties in a row is a huge task for this offense. I think they split the Sale/Rodon starts and beat Danks for a 2-1 series win.