Chicago White Sox vs. Cleveland Indians Preview and Predictions 05-29-2018
28th May 2018 by Gracenote
the cleveland indians hope to continue their offensive surge as they go for a fourth straight victory tuesday night when the american league central-rival chicago white sox pay a visit for the second of a three-game series. the indians have scored 27 times over the last three days after rallying from an early four-run deficit monday to knock off the white sox 9-6 with the help of four rbis from edwin encarnacion.
cleveland's michael brantley takes a 17-game hitting streak into tuesday's contest, while encarnacion is starting to warm up with two blasts and six rbis over the last three contests and eight hits in his past four outings. mike clevinger looks to rebound from a rough outing when he takes the mound for the indians in the middle game of the set while chicago counters with lucas giolito, who has struggled mightily with control in his first full season in the majors. the white sox, who own the worst record in baseball at 16-35, have dropped four of their last five overall and 10 of the past 12 against cleveland after committing three errors in the series opener that led to four unearned runs. shortstop tim anderson made one of the errors monday, but he also homered for the fourth time in four games for chicago and has registered seven rbis during that stretch.
tv: 6:10 p.m. et, nbcs chicago, sportstime ohio (cleveland)
pitching matchup: white sox rh lucas giolito (3-5, 7.53 era) vs. indians rh mike clevinger (3-2, 3.32)
giolito allowed seven runs on six hits (two homers) and three walks over 1 1/3 innings thursday versus baltimore after posting two straight wins. the 23-year-old californian yielded three or fewer runs in four of five outings before the most recent appearance. giolito, who has recorded 27 strikeouts and 37 walks, faces the indians for the first time in his career and owns a 4.20 era on the road as opposed to 12.79 at home in 2018.
clevinger ended a stretch of four straight quality starts thursday, yielding five runs on seven hits and three walks across 5 1/3 innings in a loss to houston. the 27-year-old floridian had completed at least six innings in seven of nine starts before the loss last thursday. jose abreu is 3-for-8 with a homer against clevinger, who is 0-2 with a 5.65 era in four career appearances (two starts) versus the white sox.
walk-offs
1. chicago inf matt skole had a solo homer, a single, a walk and scored twice in his major-league debut monday.
2. cleveland 1b yonder alonso is 9-for-19 with two homers and eight rbis over his last five starts.
3. white sox 1b/3b matt davidson (back spasms) was placed on the 10-day disabled list before the series opener.
prediction: indians 6, white sox 3
28th May 2018 by Gracenote
the cleveland indians hope to continue their offensive surge as they go for a fourth straight victory tuesday night when the american league central-rival chicago white sox pay a visit for the second of a three-game series. the indians have scored 27 times over the last three days after rallying from an early four-run deficit monday to knock off the white sox 9-6 with the help of four rbis from edwin encarnacion.
cleveland's michael brantley takes a 17-game hitting streak into tuesday's contest, while encarnacion is starting to warm up with two blasts and six rbis over the last three contests and eight hits in his past four outings. mike clevinger looks to rebound from a rough outing when he takes the mound for the indians in the middle game of the set while chicago counters with lucas giolito, who has struggled mightily with control in his first full season in the majors. the white sox, who own the worst record in baseball at 16-35, have dropped four of their last five overall and 10 of the past 12 against cleveland after committing three errors in the series opener that led to four unearned runs. shortstop tim anderson made one of the errors monday, but he also homered for the fourth time in four games for chicago and has registered seven rbis during that stretch.
tv: 6:10 p.m. et, nbcs chicago, sportstime ohio (cleveland)
pitching matchup: white sox rh lucas giolito (3-5, 7.53 era) vs. indians rh mike clevinger (3-2, 3.32)
giolito allowed seven runs on six hits (two homers) and three walks over 1 1/3 innings thursday versus baltimore after posting two straight wins. the 23-year-old californian yielded three or fewer runs in four of five outings before the most recent appearance. giolito, who has recorded 27 strikeouts and 37 walks, faces the indians for the first time in his career and owns a 4.20 era on the road as opposed to 12.79 at home in 2018.
clevinger ended a stretch of four straight quality starts thursday, yielding five runs on seven hits and three walks across 5 1/3 innings in a loss to houston. the 27-year-old floridian had completed at least six innings in seven of nine starts before the loss last thursday. jose abreu is 3-for-8 with a homer against clevinger, who is 0-2 with a 5.65 era in four career appearances (two starts) versus the white sox.
walk-offs
1. chicago inf matt skole had a solo homer, a single, a walk and scored twice in his major-league debut monday.
2. cleveland 1b yonder alonso is 9-for-19 with two homers and eight rbis over his last five starts.
3. white sox 1b/3b matt davidson (back spasms) was placed on the 10-day disabled list before the series opener.
prediction: indians 6, white sox 3