Different Approach, Same Result

Today the Sox won their 7th game in a row, and it was not because their pitching carried them. The offense exploded for 10 runs on 11 hits today, with Rowand, Iguchi, Uribe each hitting home runs, and Konerko hitting two. All of the runs the Sox scored today were before the 5th inning.
Lilly lasted only 1 2/3 inning, giving up 6 runs on 6 hits, 3 of them being HR's. Whiteside, who relieved Lilly, was also roughed up for 4 runs on 3 hits, 2 of which were HR's. The Jays bullpen tightened up after that, allowing only 2 hits from the 5th inning on. Figure's as much, because I was working and didn't start watching until the 4th inning, and only saw Rowands homer in the 4th. I did make it in time to see Garland get some bad breaks and get a bit touched up himself though.
Garland notched his 6th win of the season this afternoon, and this time it was not due to him dominating the opponent as he has in his past two starts. His steak of scoreless innings was snapped early in this one, with the Jays scoring one in the first on an RBI single . He made it through the first 4 giving up only 2 runs, but in the 5th the Jays scored three after getting a few breaks on balls hit right back to the pitcher that Jon wasn't able to make any plays on. Most were hit pretty hard, so it can't be held against him, but he usually fields so his position so well that you get used to him coming up with some of those. It made no difference though, other than to his ERA, as the 10 runs in support were plenty to earn him the victory. This is the most entertaining Sox team that I've seen in a long time. They find a different way to win every day.
I have little doubt left in this team. I believe that with how solid our rotation is 1-5, it should be pretty tough to go into any long losing streaks like the one that turned our season around last year in late July. (After the infamous Hunter-Burke collision, the Sox went on to lose about 9 games in a row falling out of 1st place and after that they never came close to challenging the Twats for the rest of the season.) As other bloggers have pointed out, we could play .500 baseball the rest of the season and still finish with 90 wins. If we're not ahead in the central come September, we shouldn't be more than a couple games out of first, barring a complete collapse or a rash of injuries.