NEW YORK — Believe it or not Edwin Encarnacion Jersey , this is a significant week for the Chicago White Sox.This week is not a chance for Chicago to improve its playoff chances but to potentially impact things in the AL East raced hope to continue it Tuesday night when they visit the New York Yankees in the second game of a three-game series.Article continues below ...Chicago began a stretch of six straight games against the Yankees and Boston Red Sox by getting 11 hits in a 6-2 win on Monday.Although the White Sox (52-79) are three losses away from clinching their sixth straight losing season, they are producing their best performances of the season. Chicago is 10-3 since Aug. 14 and 10-2 in its last 12 road games since Aug. 3.“This month has been refreshing for us, the way we’ve been playing,” Chicago left-hander Carlos Rodon said after winning his fifth straight decision by pitching seven innings of two-hit ball. “It’s something to look forward to and just try to carry it out the rest of the season and transition that into spring training and into next season.”Among the reasons for Chicago’s 15-10 mark in August and improved play are the performances of Tim Anderson and Yoan Moncada amongst others.Anderson went 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles Monday and is hitting .333 (16-for-48) in his last 12 games. Moncada had a two-run double and has driven in a run in a career-high four straight games.“I think that they trust what they’re doing out there right now,” Chicago manager Rick Renteria said. “They’re having a lot of confidence playing the game. I think they’re trusting their instincts and taking extra bases, any little thing that they can do, but compile that with the reality that they’re playing just solid baseball right now, thankfully http://www.indiansfanproshop.com/authentic-b.j.-upton-jersey , and hopefully, it continues.”Chicago is 11-12 vs. the AL East this season, including a 6-3 mark on the road. It also took two of three in Boston in June.Meanwhile, the Yankees will be monitoring how the Red Sox fare against the Miami Marlins at Fenway while trying to rebound from a sluggish showing following a long four-game series in Baltimore.The Yankees (83-48) are 6 1/2 games back of the Red Sox and are 8-2 in their last 10 games. They committed three errors and produced three hits or less for the fifth time this season.One was a 444-foot homer from rookie Glebyer Torres, who became the sixth Yankee to get 20 homers. None were from Giancarlo Stanton, who remains stuck on 299 career homers and has four hits in his last 28 at-bats.“I think just coming off a road trip where you day-night doubleheaders and you’re getting in the middle of the night and a few days of not being able to be out on the field,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “Unfortunately, that rears its head a little bit http://www.indiansfanproshop.com/authentic-b.j.-upton-jersey , but you got to be able to fight through that.“You understand that’s part of it and you try and build in rest as much as you can for guys. But I thought there was some sluggishness from guys tonight, but we got to get past that and get after it tomorrow.”After Masahiro Tanaka allowed four runs on 10 hits in seven innings, the Yankees will turn to Lance Lynn, who makes his fifth start since joining New York in a trade from Minnesota on July 30.So far, he is 1-1 with a 3.81 ERA but coming off his worst outing with the Yankees. Lynn last pitched in Wednesday’s 9-3 loss at Miami when he was tagged for five runs on nine hits in 5 1/3 innings.Lynn is 3-1 with a 2.15 ERA in six career starts against the White Sox. He made his first start with the Yankees Aug. 6 in Chicago, when he allowed two hits, struck out nine and retired 19 in a row while pitching 7 1/3 innings.Chicago’s James Shields is tied with Baltimore’s Alex Cobb for the most losses in baseball and hopes to end a dubious losing streak.Since winning Chicago’s season-opener in Kansas City, he is 0-8 with a 6.13 ERA in his last 11 road appearances (10 starts). The streak continued Thursday in Detroit when he allowed seven runs on 10 hits in 6 2/3 innings of a 7-2 loss.Overall Shields is 1-5 with a 5.04 ERA in his last seven starts.Shields is 12-16 with a 4.08 ERA in 33 career starts against the Yankees. He last pitched in New York on Sept. 5 http://www.indiansfanproshop.com/authentic-b.j.-upton-jersey , 2014, when he allowed three hits in 8 1/3 scoreless innings for the Kansas City Royals. SAN DIEGO — The Colorado Rockies did not lose any ground in the National League West race Friday night despite a second straight loss to the cellar-dwelling Padres.But they did lose a position in the three-way National League West race. And climbing over two teams to get back to first can be more difficult than making up the deficit now that the Rockies are 1 1/2 games out of the National League West lead.However, the first order of business is getting a win against the Padres, who crushed the Rockies 7-0 Friday night after scoring a 3-2, 13-inning walk-off win in Thursday’s opener of the four-game series at Petco Park.Article continues below ...The Rockies go into Saturday night’s game in San Diego having lost four of their last five games to tumble from a tie for first to third place in the division. They are looking up at first-place Arizona and the Dodgers in the standings — and the set at San Diego might be remembered as a pivotal series for the Rockies unless they battle back for a split.And while the Dodgers and Diamondbacks both already have double-digit wins against the Padres with a series remaining, the Rockies are only 9-8 against a team that was on pace to lose 100 games before their current four-game winning streak started Tuesday.The Rockies will be sending right-hander Jon Gray (10-7, 4.67 ERA) to the mound Saturday night in a pairing against Padres’ left-hander Robbie Erlin (3-4, 3.69). Erlin happens to be the only non-rookie in the Padres rotation at the moment.Gray had a no-decision last Monday in Colorado’s 10-7 Roberto Perez Jersey , interleague loss to the Angels in Anaheim. He gave up five runs and seven hits over six innings in that game.That broke a streak of nine straight wins by the Rockies in games started by Gray dating back to June 22. Gray was 4-0 with a 3.02 ERA in those starts. The Rockies have also won four of five starts since Gray returned from Triple-A Albuquerque on Aug. 5.Gray has had success against the Padres. He is 7-3 with a 2.67 ERA in 14 career starts against the Padres, and Gray is 3-1 this season against the Padres with a 3.33 ERA in four starts. Gray is 3-2 with a 2.57 ERA in six career starts at Petco Park, giving up 10 earned runs in 35 innings.Gray has pitched better in the rarified air of Coors Field this season than he has on the road. He is 6-3 at home with a 4.56 ERA in 12 starts with an opponents’ batting average of .263. On the road he is 4-4 with a 4.95 ERA in 13 starts.Erlin will be making his 35th appearance of the season and his eighth start. He is 2-1 with a 4.21 ERA since returning to the rotation on Aug. 2.Erlin has already made six appearances against the Rockies this season, but only one start. That start came on Aug. 21 at Coors Field when he held Colorado to three runs on five hits and no walks with six strikeouts over five innings to get the win.Overall, Erlin is 2-0 with a 2.61 ERA against the Rockies this season, and he is 4-2 with 6.06 ERA in 12 career appearances (five starts) against them.