Down to the finish.

With six games left in the regular season, the Boston Red Sox have found themselves in a situation of win or go home.  Granted, the sox still have a 2.5 game lead in the wild card race, however, tomorrow night starts the final three game series against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium.  Although the Yankees have already clinched a playoff berth, the skill and depth of their team should still be considered a challenge to beat, whether they play their regular day starters or not.

While the Red Sox will be trying to leave New York with at least two wins this weekend, the Tampa Bay Rays and Anaheim Angels will also be competing for the Red Sox wild card spot.  Both down 2.5 games, Tampa Bay and Anaheim have home series this weekend.  The Rays against the Blue Jays and the Angels are taking on a division rival, Oakland.

Although arguably playing their worst baseball since the start of the season, the Red Sox, I do believe will advance to the post season.  And although teams have made it to the playoffs by a hair before and then continued to advance multiple rounds into the playoffs, they will need to turn their game around significantly if they plan on making any bit of a run for a World Series.  Granted injuries have not been in the Red Sox favor the past few weeks, however, the sox are a good enough team were a few injuries should not put the season in jeopardy.  We will have to see how a weekend in the Bronx will pan out for the Red Sox.  They are a good enough team were they can turn a winning slump around over night, however, it must happen soon or the end of their season is a week away.