1:10 pm
September 15

White Sox @ Guardians

Who will WIN this matchup?

Chicago White Sox (73-70)

@ Cleveland Guardians (76-65)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Lynn (CHW): 6-5; 4.07 ERA

Gaddis (CLE) 0-1; 21.60 ERA

 

Current odds:

Chicago White Sox: (-152)

Cleveland Guardians: (+129)

 

• The starting line-up for the White Sox is as follows:

• The starting line-up for the Guardians is as follows:

• The Cleveland Guardians will host the Chicago White Sox on Thursday afternoon at Progressive Field, a makeup game for a rainout on Aug. 21. The matchup begins a particularly important stretch for the Guardians, who will play their next nine games against the White Sox (four) and Twins (five), the two teams chasing the Guardians in the American League Central. After beating the Angels 5-3 while the second-place White Sox fell 3-0 in Colorado on Wednesday, Cleveland holds a four-game lead in the division. Minnesota is five back of the Guardians.

• Cleveland hopes to get continued production from outfielder Oscar Gonzalez, who not only has earned his way into the lineup, but has been hitting in the cleanup spot recently behind No. 3 hitter Jose Ramirez. That spot is particularly important because Ramirez, who is hitting .282 with 27 homers, 111 RBIs and an .887 OPS, has been walked intentionally 15 times this season, second only to the Yankees’ Aaron Judge (16) in the AL.

• After going 3-for-4 with a home run Wednesday against the Angels, Gonzalez is hitting .353 (18-for-51) with four homers, 12 RBIs and a 1.088 OPS in 13 games in September. It’s the kind of production the club was hoping for from Gonzalez, though not necessarily right now. Gonzalez began the season in the minors and wasn’t called up until May 26. The knock on Gonzalez was that he needed to work on his plate discipline, that he would swing at too many pitches out of the strike zone.

• Hunter Gaddis will start for Cleveland, his second start in the majors. In his only other start, he gave up eight runs in 3 1/3 innings in a 9-3 loss to Houston on Aug. 5.

• Lance Lynn (6-5, 4.07 ERA) will make his 18th start of the season for the White Sox. He has won each of his last three starts, allowing only one earned run in 20 combined innings.

• Lynn missed the first two months of the season because of a knee injury, and struggled when he returned to the active roster. But he has worked his way back into the form that had him finish third in Cy Young award voting last season.

5/10
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