The New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox have played
three times already this week so what’s one more, right? So these two teams
will complete their four-game set this week with their contest today that will
showcase Luis Cessa for the Yankees and James Shields for the White Sox as the
pitching matchup. This leaves me wondering if today’s contest counts as a ‘big
game” for Shields or if the fans have gone past that nickname in recent years,
for obvious reasons.
Cessa will be making his third start of the season tonight
in place of injured lefty CC Sabathia and will be looking for his first win of
the 2017 season. Cessa hasn’t looked great in relief of Sabathia pitching to a
0-2 record and a 6.57 ERA that included his last start against the Texas
Rangers where he struck out eight batters in five innings of work.
Shields has made two starts since coming off the 10-day
disabled list and the right-hander has been hit hard in both of them. In
Shields’ last start the righty gave up six runs in three-plus innings of work
while allowing multiple home runs in a start for the first time all season.
The game will be played at 8:10 pm ET inside Guaranteed Rate
Field in Chicago and can be seen on WPIX Channel 11 and MLB TV. You can also
follow along in your cars and on the radio by tuning into the WFAN broadcast
which features Mr. and Mrs. Baseball, John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman. Enjoy
the game and go Yankees!!!
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