Here's what happened:
The Red Sox are not well rounded baseball team. When you are one dimensional, ie great offense but inconsistent pitching, you can have a rough stretch when that one dimension struggles a little, like our offense did for most of September.
The White Sox are the same way. They had a 15 game lead that shrunk to 1 game at one point when their one dimension, their pitching, struggled during a 4 week stretch.
But if we play motherf***ing balls baseball from here on out, then we have a shot.