Sox should fall back? 33 of the remaining 59 games are against teams with sub .500 records (including 27 against Tampa Bay and Baltimore)
Lets see how the Yankees do when August 15 rolls around... in a 14 game stretch (with one day off) the yanks will have to face detroit in a 4 game series, 3 at anaheim, 4 vs detroit again, and then a 3 game series vs Boston
In that same stretch the Sox will be facing Tampa Bay, Anaheim, Tampa Bay, Chicago. And dont count out Seattle, they look to be in the running for the WC as well through season's end