Text alignnment on text that has been rotated using CSS - html

Question

I'm trying to align all of the text in a span (vertically and horizontally) so that it's uniform. However for some reason the third (green) team column has a different placement inside the col div than the rest of the team divs as you can see using Firebug or the like.
How can i fix this issue and is it related to the fact the divs have been rotated or is it something else?
JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/n0L7768c/
.counter {
background-color: #653d24;
bottom: 0;
font-family: "Patrick Hand", arial, sans-serif;
padding: 60px 15px 0 15px;
position: fixed;
right: 100px;
z-index: 99999999;
bottom: -0;
box-shadow: 0 0 30px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 30px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 30px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
}
.counter h3 {
background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/springfield/images/title-bg.png");
background-size: 100% auto;
font-size: 15px;
height: 88px;
left: 0;
line-height: 88px;
margin: 0 auto;
position: absolute;
right: 0;
text-align: center;
top: -41px;
width: 305px;
z-index: 10;
}
.counter .col {
width: 75px;
height: 172px;
text-align: center;
color: #fff;
margin: 0 15px;
position: relative;
float: left;
box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
}
.counter .team {
font-size: 20px;
left: -22px;
position: absolute;
top: 28px;
margin-top: 5px;
transform: rotate(-270deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(-270deg);
-webkit-transform: rotate(-270deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(-270deg);
-o-transform: rotate(-270deg);
transform-origin: 49% 52%;
-moz-transform-origin: 49% 52%;
-webkit-transform-origin: 49% 52%;
-ms-transform-origin: 49% 52%;
-o-transform-origin: 49% 52%;
width: 119px;
}
.counter .score {
bottom: 0;
font-size: 40px;
position: absolute;
width: 100%;
}
span.blue {
color: #3597d0;
}
span.orange {
color: #ff9900;
}
span.green {
color: #99cc00;
}
span.red {
color: #ff0000;
}
.counter .col.blue {
background-color: #3597d0;
}
.counter .col.orange {
background-color: #ff9900;
}
.counter .col.green {
background-color: #99cc00;
}
.counter .col.red {
background-color: #ff0000;
}
.team > span {
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: middle;
}
.show {
bottom: 0;
transition: bottom 2s;
-moz-transition: bottom 2s;
-webkit-transition: bottom 2s;
-ms-transition: bottom 2s;
-o-transition: bottom 2s;
}
<div class="counter hidden-mobile">
<div class="scores">
<div class="col blue">
<div class="team">
<span>Miners (2nd)</span>
</div>
<!-- .team -->
<div class="score">341</div>
<!-- .score -->
</div>
<!-- .col -->
<div class="col orange">
<div class="team">
<span>Brewers (1st)</span>
</div>
<!-- .team -->
<div class="score">
456
</div>
<!-- .score -->
</div>
<!-- .col -->
<div class="col green">
<div class="team">
<span>Foresters (3rd)</span>
</div>
<!-- .team -->
<div class="score">
259
</div>
<!-- .score -->
</div>
<!-- .col -->
<div class="col red">
<div class="team">
<span>Potters (4th)</span>
</div>
<!-- .team -->
<div class="score">
69
</div>
<!-- .score -->
</div>
<!-- .col -->
</div>
<!-- .scores -->
</div>
<!-- .counter -->

Answer 1

Just add white-space: nowrap; to .team > span like this:
.team > span {
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: middle;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.counter {
background-color: #653d24;
bottom: 0;
font-family: "Patrick Hand", arial, sans-serif;
padding: 60px 15px 0 15px;
position: fixed;
right: 100px;
z-index: 99999999;
bottom: -0;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 30px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 30px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
box-shadow: 0 0 30px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
}
.counter h3 {
background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/springfield/images/title-bg.png");
background-size: 100% auto;
font-size: 15px;
height: 88px;
left: 0;
right: 0;
top: -41px;
width: 305px;
line-height: 88px;
margin: 0 auto;
position: absolute;
text-align: center;
z-index: 10;
}
.counter .col {
width: 75px;
height: 172px;
text-align: center;
color: #fff;
margin: 0 15px;
position: relative;
float: left;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
}
.counter .team {
font-size: 20px;
left: -22px;
position: absolute;
top: 28px;
margin-top: 5px;
width: 119px;
-webkit-transform: rotate(-270deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(-270deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(-270deg);
-o-transform: rotate(-270deg);
transform: rotate(-270deg);
-webkit-transform-origin: 49% 52%;
-moz-transform-origin: 49% 52%;
-ms-transform-origin: 49% 52%;
-o-transform-origin: 49% 52%;
transform-origin: 49% 52%;
}
.counter .score {
bottom: 0;
font-size: 40px;
position: absolute;
width: 100%;
}
span.blue { color: #3597d0; }
span.orange { color: #ff9900; }
span.green { color: #99cc00; }
span.red { color: #ff0000; }
.counter .col.blue { background-color: #3597d0; }
.counter .col.orange { background-color: #ff9900; }
.counter .col.green { background-color: #99cc00; }
.counter .col.red { background-color: #ff0000; }
.team > span {
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: middle;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.show {
bottom: 0;
-webkit-transition: bottom 2s;
-moz-transition: bottom 2s;
-ms-transition: bottom 2s;
-o-transition: bottom 2s;
transition: bottom 2s;
}
<div class="counter hidden-mobile">
<div class="scores">
<div class="col blue">
<div class="team">
<span>Miners (2nd)</span>
</div>
<!-- .team -->
<div class="score">341</div>
<!-- .score -->
</div>
<!-- .col -->
<div class="col orange">
<div class="team">
<span>Brewers (1st)</span>
</div>
<!-- .team -->
<div class="score">
456
</div>
<!-- .score -->
</div>
<!-- .col -->
<div class="col green">
<div class="team">
<span>Foresters (3rd)</span>
</div>
<!-- .team -->
<div class="score">
259
</div>
<!-- .score -->
</div>
<!-- .col -->
<div class="col red">
<div class="team">
<span>Potters (4th)</span>
</div>
<!-- .team -->
<div class="score">
69
</div>
<!-- .score -->
</div>
<!-- .col -->
</div>
<!-- .scores -->
</div>
<!-- .counter -->