The 12 Games of Hell

While driving home from work late into the night earlier this week, I turned on the over-the-top gabfest which is Pittsburgh sports talk radio. The host of the show, who was having a difficult time attracting callers, was talking about the Pirates' 12-game stretch that began last night in Milwaukee. He referred to it as the "12 Games of Hell." Pittsburgh will play Milwaukee three times, Cincinnati three times and St. Louis six times during this stretch.

It got me thinking that the Wild Things' remaining stretch, which is now down to 12 games heading into tonight's contest against Gateway, could be their own version of "12 Games of Hell."

Washington has 5 games left against Gateway, 3 at River City and 4 at home against Evansville. Each of those teams has a winning percentage north of .500. Here is a looks at the top 4 teams in the East and what they have left to play:

Washington
Games left: 12
Opponents/games: vs. Gateway-2, at River City-3, at Gateway-3, vs. Evansville-4
Average opponent winning percentage: .586

Evansville
Games left: 13
Opponents/games: at Rockford-2, vs. Windy City-3, vs. Florence-4, at Washington-4
Average opponent winning percentage: .470

Southern Illinois
Games left: 11
Opponents/games: vs. Florence-2, vs. Normal-3, at Traverse City-3, at Lake Erie-3
Average opponent winning percentage: .493

Lake Erie
Games left: 11
Opponents/games: vs. Gateway-2, at Normal-3, at River City-3, vs. Southern Illinois
Average opponent winning percentage: .586.