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300♦ CHICAGO WHITE SOX (LIST Contreras and Laffey) - Coming right back for my third 300♦ in a row with another stab on the South Siders. It's so hard to ignore this series, since the White Sox have been dominating this team.

Chicago's 10-6 win last night was the White Sox's (43-40) 13th in 17 games, while the setback for the AL-worst Indians (33-51) was their 15th in 19 games.

Part of those streaks for both teams is a three-game sweep by Chicago, in Cleveland, last week. The South Siders outscored the Tribe by a combined tally of 23-9, which means they've now outscored Cleveland by a tally of 33-15 the last four games.

The Sox will once again provide plenty of run support tonight, as I see them producing plenty of offense against Aaron Laffey, who is in off the disabled list after making four Minor League rehab starts. Not exactly sure he's ready to come back, though, as he turned in rough starts for Double-A Akron and Triple-A Columbus in his last two outings, including last Friday, when he was slapped around for for seven runs on 10 hits in four innings for Columbus.

Instead we're siding with Jose Contreras, who received some needed run support and an overdue win in his last start. Contreras got double the run support that he had in the two previous games combined in a 6-2 victory over the Indians last Wednesday. He tossed eight innings and gave up just five hits and two runs while striking out a season-high eight batters.

It marked his fourth quality start in five games since returning from his own minor-league stint. The power right-hander has posted a 2.17 ERA in those starts, with 29 strikeouts and just five walks, while lowering his season ERA from 8.19 to 4.84. He's an impressive 6-2 in 14 appearances (13 starts) with just higher than a 3.00 ERA against the Indians in his career.

This is another easy one, as the Sox are going to blast visiting Cleveland once again.