White Sox pitchers have surrendered 37 runs in 29 innings after a 3-1 start to a 10-game home stand, including a blown save and three games allowing 12, 10 and 10 runs. Shane Smith starts tonight after seven shutout, one-hit innings against the Royals. The Yankees average an MLB-leading 5.27 runs per game. Rookie righty Cam Schlittler (6´6´´, 225) has a 2.76 ERA and has allowed one run in his last three starts, but he has walked 19 in 42 1/3 innings. Schlittler relies on a 98 mph four-seamer (58%) plus a cutter and curve. Brooks Baldwin starts in center for the injured Louis Robert Jr., and the infield has been reshuffled during Miguel Vargas's IL stint. Giancarlo Stanton and Paul Goldschmidt are absent. First pitch is 6:10 p.m. Central in 71° weather with light left-to-right wind.
After a nifty 3-1 start to this 10-game home stand, White Sox pitchers have given up 37 runs in 29 innings, beginning with the big blown save on Tuesday and on through three games where opponents have scored 12, 10, and 10. Maybe the right man is on the mound tonight to try to stop the hemorrhaging: Last time out Shane Smith tossed the best game of his career, a masterful seven shutout innings of one-hit ball against the Royals.
The Yankees counter with big (6´6´´, 225) rookie righty Cam Schlittler, who sports a nifty 2.76 ERA and has only been getting better, allowing one total run in his last three starts. The White Sox best hope may be wildness, because Schlittler has walked 19 in 42 1/3 innings. He fires a 98 mph four-seamer 58% of the time, followed by a cutter and curve.
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