NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES:
AT A GLANCE: The Yankees continue their nine-game road trip tonight with the final game of a three-game set at Chicago-AL (1-1 thus far)…will also make stops in Miami (Fri.-Sun.) and Atlanta (8/14-16)…went 3-4 on their recent seven-game homestand after losing two-of-three games vs. Tampa Bay and splitting a four-game set vs. Houston. Are in a stretch of playing 19-of-25 games on the road (8/7- 9/3)…are 1-1 so far.
YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Yankees defeated the White Sox, 7-1, at Guaranteed Rate Field on Tuesday…RHP Clarke Schmidt (5.1IP, 4H, 1ER, 1BB, 7K, 1HR, 1HP) started and earned his eighth win of the year…3B Isiah Kiner-Falefa (2-for-5, 1R, 1 double, 2RBI) hit a two-run double in the fourth inning…CF Harrison Bader (3-for-5, 2R, 1RBI) tied his season high with three hits, including an RBI single in the fourth inning…1B Jake Bauers (1-for-3, 1RBI, 1BB, 1SF) reached base twice and drove in a run in the fourth inning with a sac fly…PH/C Kyle Higashioka (1- for-1, 1R, 1HR, 2RBI) hit a pinch-hit two-run HR in the eighth inning…DH Aaron Judge (1-for-2, 1R, 1HR, 1RBI, 3BB) reached base four times and hit a solo HR in the eighth inning…RHP Michael King (2.2IP, 2H, 5K) tossed 2.2 scoreless innings of relief…RHP Jonathan Loáisiga (1.0IP, 1K) tossed a scoreless ninth inning of relief and recorded his 200th career strikeout.
HAWAIIAN PUNCH: INF/OF Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit a go-ahead two-run double in the fourth inning on Tuesday…as a Yankee (since 2022), has hit .321 (52-for-162) with 7 doubles, 1HR, 65RBI, 13BB, 1HP and 8SF with RISP.
Has hit .365 (27-for-74) with 8R, 2 doubles, 9RBI, 3BB, 3HP, 2SF and 7SB in 22 career games vs. the White Sox…has batted .395/.444/.421 (15-for-38) with 6R, 1 double, 5RBI, 2BB, 3HP, 2SF and 4SB in 12 career games at Guaranteed Rate Field.
Has reached base safely in 12 of his last 13 starts (since 7/16), posting a .400 OBP in that span.
WALK IT OUT: Yankees batters have walked 26 times over their last three games, their most walks in a three-game span in the last 17 years (since 2007) and their second-most in a three-game span in the last 25 years (since 1999), trailing only their 28BB over a three-game stretch from 8/18(G1)-19/06.
Their 99BB since the All-Star break are the most in the AL and the second-most in the Majors, trailing only the Los Angeles Dodgers (106BB).
RIGHT HAND MAN: RHP Ian Hamilton will open tonight’s game, marking his second career start (also 7/1/23 at St. Louis)…has not allowed an earned run in 21 of his last 25 outings (since 4/13)…is 2-0 with one save, a 1.41 ERA (32.0IP, 5ER) and 37K in that span.
DARTH BADER: OF Harrison Bader recorded a season-high tying three hits on Tuesday, including an RBI single in the fourth inning…marked his sixth game this year with three hits and second within the last three games (also 5/7 at Tampa Bay, 5/9 vs. Oakland, 6/29 at Oakland, 7/26 vs. the Mets and 8/6 vs. Houston)… is batting .352 (19-for-54) with 11R, 4 doubles, 5RBI, 3BB, 1SF and 4SB in his last 16 games (since 7/22).
Has reached base safely in each of his last eight games (since 8/1), 10 of his last 11 games (since 7/29), 19 of his last 21 games (since 7/15), 21 of his last 24 games (since 7/8) and 24 of his last 28 games (since 7/3).
CENTRAL PERK: Since 2022, the Yankees are 37-17 (.685) vs. the AL Central…are 48-21 in their last 69 games vs. the division (since 6/23/21) and 61-27 in their last 88 games (since 9/12/19). Have won or split 23 of their last 28 completed series vs. the AL Central (going 22-5-1 since 9/10/19), 26 of their last 31 completed series (going 23-5-3 since 6/13/19) and 29 of their last 35 completed series (going 26-6-3 since 4/18/19).
The Yankees are 13-7 in their last 20 games vs. the White Sox (since 6/15/19).
LEMACHINE: INF DJ LeMahieu has reached base multiple times in each of his last four games and 10 of his last 14 games (since 7/21), batting .298/.441/.426 (14-for- 47) with 5R, 3 doubles, 1HR, 2RBI and 12BB in that span.
Owns a six-game hitting streak (since 8/1), batting .364/.440/.455 (8-for-22) with 1R, 2 doubles, 1RBI and 3BB in that span. Is batting .309/.404/.420 (25-for-81) with 7R, 6 doubles, 1HR, 2RBI and 13BB in his last 23 games (since 7/6), hitting safely in 19 of those games.
Has reached base in 23 of his last 25 games (since 7/4)… his .404 OBP in that span is the seventh-highest in the AL (min. 95PA)…has also reached base in 30 of his last 34 games (since 6/23).
ALL RISE: OF Aaron Judge hit a solo HR in the eighth inning and walked three times on Tuesday…marked the sixth time this season he reached base at least four times in a game (first since 4TOB on 5/29 at Seattle)…has reached base safely in 7-of-10 plate appearances this series (3H, 4BB) and has reached base multiple times in each of his last three games, reaching base in 9-of-16 PA over that span (3H, 6BB, .563 OBP).
Has reached base safely in 51 of his 60 games this season, batting .284/.413/.639 (59-for-208) with 47R, 11 doubles, 21HR, 44RBI, 48BB, 3SB and a 1.053 OPS.
Has 7HR in his last 17G (since 5/28) and 15HR in his last 30G (since 5/13).
The Yankees have gone 160-50 in his career when he homers… since 2020, the Yankees are 88-21 in those games…the Yankees are 16-1 this season when he homers.
Has hit .384/.514/.930 (33-for-86) with 24R, 8 doubles, 13HR, 25RBI, 24BB, 1SF and 2SB in 25 road games this year…has reached base safely in 23 of those 25 games.
His 241 career HR are the most by any Major League player through his first 789 career games (previous: Ryan Howard232HR).
Has reached base safely in 28 of his last 31 games (since 5/12)…is batting .305/.467/.781 (32-for-105) with 26R, 5 doubles, 15HR, 28RBI, 32BB and 1SB in that span.
Has reached base multiple times in 30 of his 60 games this year, including 19 of his last 33 games (since 5/10).
Has 6BB in his last three games (since 8/6), 18BB in his last 16 games (since 5/29), 30BB in his last 28 games (since 5/15) and 35BB in his last 36 games (since 4/26).
Despite missing 51 games on the injured list this year, is tied for eighth in the AL in home runs (21)…is also tied for fifth in the AL and tied for ninth in the Majors in game-winning RBI (10).
Has hit .390/.531/.841 (32-for-82) with 27R, 4 doubles, 11HR, 27RBI, 27BB, 1HP, 3SF and 1SB in 25 career games vs. the White Sox…has reached base in 23 of those 25 games…his .390 BA is his highest vs. any opponent (min. 10G)…has hit .389/.586/.889 (14-for-36) with 15R, 3 doubles, 5HR, 13RBI, 20BB, 2SF and 1SB in 12 career games at Guaranteed Rate Field…has 5HR in his last 10 games at Guaranteed Rate Field.
GLOVE STORY: According to Sports Info Solutions, INF Anthony Volpe is tied for third among Major League shortstops with 11 defensive runs saved this season, trailing only Tampa Bay’s Wander Franco (15DRS) and Chicago-NL’s Dansby Swanson (13DRS)…has made just three errors in is last 56 games that he has appeared defensively (since 5/31) after making seven errors in his first 56 games (3/30-5/30).
GLEYBER DAY: INF Gleyber Torres owns an eight-game hitting streak (since 8/1)…is batting .452/.528/.742 (14-for-31) with 7R, 3 doubles, 2HR, 4RBI, 5BB and 1SB over that span. Has reached base multiple times in five of his last seven games (since 8/2).
Has reached base in 19 of his last 33 PA (14H, 5BB).
Has hit safely in 24 of his last 27 games (since 7/6), hitting .339/.375/.532 (37-for-109) with 17R, 4 doubles, 1 triple, 5HR, 12RBI, 8BB, 3SF and 2SB in that span…
ranks third in the AL and ninth in the Majors in batting average over that span (min. 95PA).
Has hit safely in 29 of his last 34 games (since 6/29) and 31 of his last 37 games (since 6/25).
Has reached base in 33 of his last 38 games (since 6/24) and 46 of his last 52 games (since 6/8-G1).
Has batted .309/.411/.479 (29-for-94) with 16R, 1 double, 5HR, 17RBI, 17BB, 2SB and 1SF in 27 career games against Chicago-AL.
SCHMIDT’S CREEK: RHP Clarke Schmidt earned his eighth win of the season on Tuesday after allowing just 1ER in 5.1IP (4H, 1BB, 7K, 1HR, 1HP)…has gone 7-2 with a 3.12 ERA (75.0IP, 26ER) over his last 15 appearances (14 starts) since 5/19…owns the fifth-lowest ERA in the AL in that span (min. 70.0IP). Has allowed 3R-or-fewer in each of his last 14 starts (since 5/19), 16 of his last 17 starts (since 5/3) and 17 of his last 19 starts (since 4/23).
His 19 starts with 3R-or-fewer allowed are the third-most such starts in the AL and the fourth-most such starts in the Majors this season, trailing only Minnesota’s
Sonny Gray (21), teammate Gerrit Cole (20) and San Diego’s Blake Snell (20).
His current 14-start streak of 3R-or-fewer allowed is tied with San Diego’s Blake Snell (14GS since 5/25) for the second-longest such streak in the Majors this season, trailing only Minnesota’s Sonny Gray’s 17-start streak from 4/1-7/2.
Is undefeated in his last 10 starts (since 6/11), going 6-0 with a 3.42 ERA (52.2IP, 20ER) in that span.
The Yankees are 7-0 in his last seven starts (since 6/29)
TONIGHT’S PITCHER: RHP LUIS SEVERINO (2-6, 7.74 ERA)
RHP Luis Severino is expected to make his 14th appearance (first relief outing) of the season in tonight’s series finale at Chicago-AL…the 29-year-old would pitch on regular four days’ rest…last started on Friday vs. Houston and took the loss after allowing 5ER over 4.0IP (5H, 3BB, 4K, 2HR, 1HP)…missed the first 48 games of the season with a right lat strain…the two-time AL All-Star (2017, ’18) ranked third in the Majors in 2018 with 19 wins (19-8), tied for second-most by a Yankee in the last 14 seasons (since 2009) behind CC Sabathia (21-7 in 2010)…has two of the top-eight single-season strikeout totals in Yankees history (230K in 2017, 220K in 2018)…is one of four pitchers in Yankees history with multiple 200-strikeout seasons (also Gerrit Cole from 2021-22, David Cone from 1997-98 and Ron Guidry from 1978-79)…finished third in 2017 AL Cy Young Award voting…was originally signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on 12/26/11…signed to a four-year contract extending through the 2022 season with a club option for the 2023 season on 2/15/19…the Yankees exercised his club option for the 2023 season on 11/7/22.
LAST START: Took the loss in the Yankees’ 7-3 defeat vs. Houston on Friday after allowing 5ER over 4.0IP (5H, 3BB, 4K, 2HR, 1HP).
2023: Is expected to make his 14th appearance (first relief outing) of the season tonight…is 2-6 with a 7.74 ERA (61.2IP, 53ER) in 13 starts this year…has allowed 1ER-or-fewer in four starts this season and 3ER-or-fewer in six starts…eight of his 13 starts this season have come after a Yankees’ loss, including six straight starts from 5/27-6/24.
Took the loss on 7/30 at Baltimore after allowing a career-high 9ER over 3.1IP (10H, 2BB, 5K, 1HR, 1WP)…allowed 7ER in the first inning.
Earned his second win of the season on 7/23 vs. Kansas City (5.2IP, 8H, 3ER, 0BB, 5K, 2HR)…allowed all three runs via the HR (solo HR to Salvador Perez in the fourth inning and a two-run HR to Michael Massey in the sixth inning)…marked his sixth start with 3ER-or-fewer this season.
Did not record a decision despite allowing just 1ER over 6.0IP on 7/17 at Los Angeles-AL (6H, 3BB/1IBB, 3K, 1HR)…marked his fourth start this season with 1ER-or-fewer allowed…surrendered his only ER on a solo HR by Matt Thaiss in the sixth inning.
Took his fourth loss of the season on 7/6 vs. Baltimore after allowing 7ER over 2.2IP (10H, 1BB, 3K, 1HR)…marked his shortest non-injury start since 9/5/18 at Oakland (also 2.2IP).
Recorded his first win of the season in the Yankees’ 1-0 victory on 6/24 vs. Texas, tossing 6.0 scoreless innings (5H, 2BB, 4K)…marked his first scoreless start of the season and first such start since 10/3/22 at Texas (7.0IP)…snapped a four-start streak with 4R-or-more allowed (6/2-18).
Took his second loss of the season in Game 2 of a doubleheader on 6/18 at Boston, allowing 4R/3ER over 5.0IP (7H, 3BB, 6K)…his 6K matched a season high (also 6K on 6/8-G1 vs. Chicago-AL).
Allowed at least 3HR in back-to-back starts on 6/2 at LAD and 6/8-G1 vs. CWS…marked just the third time in his career he allowed multiple HR in consecutive starts (also three starts from 7/7-23/18 and two starts from 5/3-8/16).
Did not record a decision on 5/27 vs. San Diego despite allowing just 2R/1ER over 6.2IP (1H, 3BB, 5K, 1HR)…surrendered his only hit on a solo HR by Fernando Tatis Jr. in the fourth inning.
Did not record a decision in his first start of the season on 5/21 at Cincinnati (4.2IP, 4H, 1ER, 1BB, 5K, 0HR)…was returned from rehab and reinstated from the 15-day injured list on 5/21 prior to his start.
Allowed 1ER-or-fewer in three straight starts from 10/3/22-5/27/23, tied for the second-longest such streak of his career (trails only a five-start streak from 7/15-8/6/17…allowed 2ER-or-fewer in five straight starts from 9/21/22-5/27/23, tied for the second-longest such streak of his career (trails only a nine-start streak from 9/12/18-4/20/22).
Missed the first 48 games of the season with a right lat strain…combined to make two rehab starts with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (5/10) and Double-A Somerset (5/16), posting a 4.05 ERA (6.2IP, 8H, 3ER, 2BB, 6K, 1HR).
VS. CHICAGO-AL: Is 2-2 with a 3.80 ERA (42.2IP, 18ER) and 45K in seven career starts vs. the White Sox…five of his seven starts have been quality starts.
Has tossed at least 7.0IP and allowed 3ER-or-fewer in four of his last five starts vs. Chicago-AL.
Last started against the White Sox in Game 1 of a doubleheader on 6/8/23 at Yankee Stadium and did not record a decision despite allowing 4ER and a career-high-tying 3HR over 5.0IP (6H, 2BB, 6K, 1HP).
Took the loss in the Yankees’ 4-1 defeat vs. Chicago-AL on 4/18/17 at Yankee Stadium (8.0IP, 3H, 4R/3ER, 0BB, 10K, 2HR)…retired 18 of his first 19 batters faced (allowing only a third-inning solo HR to Leury García)…was the youngest pitcher in franchise history to record at least 10K and 0BB in a game (23 years, 57 days).
On 6/27/17 at Chicago-AL, recorded a career-high 12 strikeouts and did not walk a batter over 7.0IP (6H, 1ER), but took a no-decision in the Yankees’ 4-3 loss…at 23
years, 127 days old, became the second-youngest Yankees pitcher to strike out 12-or-more batters in a game, behind only Al Downing, who did it six times at age-22 from 1963-64.
ROAD RULES: Is 0-4 with a 9.38 ERA (31.2IP, 33ER) in seven road starts this season.
In 70 career games (60 starts) on the road, is 23-19 with a 3.86 ERA (352.1IP, 151ER) and 371K.
Has surrendered 3ER-or-fewer in 44-of-60 career starts on the road and 2ER-or-fewer in 34 of those starts.
From 4/7/17-6/26/18, recorded at least 6K in 23 consecutive road starts…at the time, was the fourth-longest streak in Major League history (Randy Johnson-33GS from 8/22/98-8/14/00; Pedro Martinez-28GS from 8/24/99- 6/21/01 and Randy Johnson-25GS from 8/30/00-5/11/02)…was later surpassed by Shane Bieber (28GS from 4/27/19-5/27/21).
IN RELIEF: Is expected to make his first relief appearance since 9/30/21 at Toronto (1.0IP, 1K)…is 4-0 with a 0.31 ERA (29.1IP, 1ER) in 15 career relief appearances…13 of his 15 career relief outings have been scoreless.
Went 1-0 in four scoreless relief appearnces for the Yankees in 2021 (6.0IP, 2H, 1BB, 8K), holding opponents to a .100 batting average (2-for-20).
CHICAGO WHITE SOX NOTES:
WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE
he Chicago White Sox have won three of their last four games following a 2-11 stretch as they continue a six-game, seven-day homestand tonight with the series finale vs. the Yankees.
RHP Mike Clevinger, who is 2-1 with a 2.10 ERA (7 ER/30.0 IP) over six home starts this season, is scheduled to start for the White Sox.
The Sox have split the first two games of this series, recording a 5-1 victory on Monday before losing, 7-1, last night.
Following tonight’s game and a day off tomorrow, the White Sox conclude the trip this weekend with three games vs. Milwaukee (8/11-13) before playing five road games in six days at the Cubs (8/15-16) and Colorado (8/18-20).
The Sox went 2-4 on their last trip to Texas (0-3) and Cleveland (2-1) from 8/1-6 and 2-4 on their last homestand vs. the Cubs (0-2) and Cleveland (2-2) from 7/25-30.
TONIGHT’S STORYLINES
With a win tonight, the White Sox will record their first season series victory over the Yankees since 2019 and first series win at home since 2016.
The Sox have won five of their last seven games against the Yankees since 5/22/22, allowing just 17 runs in that span.
Mike Clevinger is 2-2 with a 2.65 ERA (11 ER/37.1 IP) over his last seven starts (since 5/11).
Elvis Andrus is 8-19 (.421) with four doubles, one home run, five RBI, four runs scored and two stolen bases in his last five games, including back-to-back multi-hit eff orts on 8/5-6 at Cleveland.
Eloy Jiménez is a .339/.387/.661 (19-56) hitter with six home runs and 16 RBI in 15 career games against the Yankees … Luis Robert Jr. owns a .323/.364/.516 (20-62) slash line in 15 games against the Yankees.
LAST NIGHT’S RECAP
White Sox pitchers struck out 17 batters, but their three-game winning streak came to an end with a 7-1 loss to the Yankees.
Touki Toussaint suffered the loss, allowing four runs (all in the fourth inning) on six hits and five walks over 5.0 IP while fanning nine batters for the second straight start.
Declan Cronin, making his third MLB appearance, struck out five batters over 2.0 scoreless IP.
Luis Robert Jr. hit his 31st home run, a solo shot off Clarke Schmidt in the fourth, to account for the Sox only run … Eloy Jiménez collected a pair of hits.
The Sox fell to 0-9 this season when striking out 15-plus batters.
ROBERT’S REMARKABLE RUN
Luis Robert Jr. is the 10th player in White Sox history (27th time) to record 30-plus doubles and 30-plus home runs in a season … Robert Jr. and Mookie Betts are the only MLB players this season to record those numbers.
Below is additional information from his season to date.
Ranks among the American League leaders in numerous categories, including HR (2nd, 31), SLG (2nd, .562) and XBH (2nd, 62);
Is the only player in MLB with 25-plus 2B, 30-plus HR, 60-plus RBI, 70-plus runs scored and 10-plus SB;
Needs six SB to join Magglio Ordóñez (2001) as the only players in Sox history to hit 30-plus 2B and HR with 20-plus SB;
His 31 HR are the most in Sox history by a CF and the most by an OF since Jermaine Dye (34) in 2008 … is the 23rd player in franchise history (52x) to hit 30 or more in a season;
Is on pace for 44 HR, which would tie Jermaine Dye (2006) for the second-highest total in Sox history behind Albert Belle (49 in 1998).
GRAB SOME BENCH
The White Sox rank second in the American League this season with 1,086 strikeouts an average of 9.59 per 9.0 IP.
Sox pitchers have struck out 10-plus batters 56 times in 2023, including 15 or more nine times (0-9 record) … the 56 double-digit strikeout games are tied with the 2015 club for the third-most in franchise history behind the 2021 (81) and 2022 (68).
Dylan Cease ranks seventh in the AL with 150 strikeouts … Cease needs 50 strikeouts to join Chris Sale (2013-16) and Ed Walsh (1910-12) as the only pitchers in Sox history to record three-plus consecutive seasons of 200 or more.
THAT’S A FIRST
Sammy Peralta retired both batters faced on Sunday at Cleveland for his first MLB win, and Jimmy Lambert pitched around a leadoff double in the ninth to record his first MLB save.
Per STATS, Peralta and Lambert became the seventh teammates in Sox history to record their first win and save in the same game and first since Matt Foster (save) and Codi Heuer (win) on 8/1/20 at Kansas City.
WHITE SOX VS. NEW YORK YANKEES
The White Sox lead the season series, 3-2, splitting the first two games of this series after winning two of three at Yankee Stadium from 6/6-8.
The Sox are hitting .186/.256/.365 (29-156) with eight home runs and a 3.68 ERA (18 ER/44.0 IP) and have been outscored by the Yankees, 18-15.
The White Sox are 1-6-1 in the last eight season matchups (since 2014), going 23-35 during that span (12-18 at home).
LOOKING FOR AN EDGE VS. THE EAST
The White Sox are 7-17 against the American League teams this season, going 5-10 at home and 2-7 on the road … they have been outscored, 135-63, and swept three times.
By comparison, the White Sox combined to go 34-31 vs. the AL East in 2021-22.
STARTING PITCHER – #52 MIKE CLEVINGER RHP
CLEVINGER AT A GLANCE
Is scheduled to make his 15th start of the season, seventh at home and second against the Yankees.
Has gone 2-2 with a 2.65 ERA (11 ER/37.1 IP), .221 (31-140) opponents average, 11 walks and 25 strikeouts over his last seven starts (two quality).
Has limited opponents to three earned runs or less in seven straight starts, his longest streak since 5/4-6/29/22 (also seven games).
Was on the 15-day injured list from 5/21-6/2 with right wrist inflammation and from 6/16-7/29 with right biceps inflammation.
Agreed to terms with Chicago on a one-year, $12-million deal in December (includes a mutual option for 2024).
Has appeared in just 45 games (44 starts) since the start of the 2020 season … missed the entire 2021 season to continue his recovery from his second Tommy John
surgery … also underwent Tommy John surgery in 2012.
Was originally drafted by the Angels in the fourth round of the 2011 MLB Draft … was traded to Cleveland in August 2014 … made 101 major-league appearances (88 starts) with Cleveland from 2016-20 … was traded to San Diego in August 2020, appearing in just 27 games (16 starts) from 2020-22.
LAST START
Suffered the loss on 8/4 at Cleveland after allowing four runs (three earned) on a season-high tying eight hits (one home run) with one walk and two strikeouts in 5.0 IP.
Exited the game in the sixth inning with Chicago trailing, 4-2, the eventual final score.
Owned a 69.6 first-strike percentage and 4.9 swinging-strike percentage (seven swing and misses) vs. 23 batters … threw 82 pitches (56 strikes) with the following
pitch breakdown: 36 four-seam fastballs (94.0 mph avg; 96.2 mph max), 24 changeups (85.2 avg; 88.2 max), 16 sliders (78.8 avg; 81.9 max) five cutters (83.0 avg; 84.3 max) and one sinker (93.2 max).
OF LATE
Is 2-2 with a 2.65 ERA (11 ER/37.1 IP), .221 (31-140) opponents average, 11 walks and 25 strikeouts over his last seven starts (two quality).
Owns a 2.13 ERA (6 ER/25.1 IP) across his last five starts with three scoreless efforts.
Allowed three runs from 6/2-7/29 (20.1 IP), the fewest across a four-start span since 8/18-9/3/19 when he allowed three runs across 25.2 IP with Cleveland.
His 2.13 ERA since 6/1 is tied for fifth in the American League (minimum 25.0 IP).
START STRONG
Is limiting opponents to a .198 (20-101) average across the first two innings this season, compared to a .274 (49- 179) mark from the third-seventh inning.
Is holding opponents to a .184 (21-114) average with 29 strikeouts the first time through the lineup, compared to a .327 (36-110) the second time through.
Owns a 2.57 ERA (12 ER/42.0 IP) from the first-third innings this year, compared to a 5.28 ERA (18 ER/30.2 IP) from the fourth-seventh.
HOME SWEET HOME
Is 2-1 with a 2.10 ERA (7 ER/30.0 IP), .225 (25-111) opponents average, 12 walks and 28 strikeouts at Guaranteed Rate Field this year.
His 2.10 home ERA ranks fourth in the American League and eighth in MLB (minimum 30.0 IP).
Is 5-4 with a 2.59 ERA (23 ER/297) across his last 15 starts at home (six quality) since 2022.
BEND DON’T BREAK
Is limiting opponents to a .207 (24-116) average with runners on base, .157 (11-70) average with RISP and .063 (2-32) average with RISP/two outs this season.
His opponents average with RISP/two outs is second-lowest in MLB (min. 35 PA) and his opponents average with RISP is the eighth-lowest (min. 65 PA) and his opponents average with runners on is 10th-lowest in the American League (min. 100 PA).
VS. NEW YORK YANKEES || A.L. EAST
Will make his fifth career start (sixth appearance) against the New York Yankees, and first at Guaranteed Rate Field.
Is 1-2 with a 4.32 ERA (12 ER/25.0 IP), .204 (19-93) opponents average, nine walks and 31 strikeouts lifetime.
Faced New York on 6/8 (G2) at Yankee Stadium … suffered the loss after allowing three runs on six hits (two home runs) with one walk and two strikeouts across 5.2 IP … Chicago lost, 3-0.
Is 9-6 with a 4.34 ERA (58 ER/120.1 IP), 58 walks and 136 strikeouts in 25 career appearances (22 starts/eight quality) against the American League East.
