8:10 pm
August 18

Athletics @ White Sox

Who will WIN this matchup?

Oakland Athletics (68-51)

@ Chicago White Sox (69-50)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Bassitt (OAK): 12-3; 3.06 ERA

Lopez (CHW) 1-0; 1.35 ERA

 

Current odds:

Oakland Athletics: (-111)

Chicago White Sox: (+101)

 

• Bassitt (12-3, 3.06 ERA) has fanned 153 batters in an American League-leading 150 innings this season. Tuesday marks the All-Star’s 25th start. In his past 15 outings, Bassitt is 9-1 with a 2.61 ERA. He is coming off a Thursday victory at Cleveland, where he scattered three hits, two walks and six strikeouts in six shutout innings.

• Bassitt will try to help get Oakland back on track after the White Sox prevailed 5-2 on Monday in the opener of a four-game series. Bassitt is 2-1 with a 3.04 ERA in four career starts against the White Sox, who drafted him in 2011 and for whom he notched one victory in 2014 before being traded to Oakland that offseason.

• Reynaldo Lopez, who recently rejoined the Chicago rotation following a shoulder injury to Carlos Rodon, is set to start for the White Sox. Lopez (1-0, 1.35 ERA) pitched three scoreless innings of one-hit ball with two walks and four strikeouts Wednesday in a start at Minnesota. In August, Lopez has pitched to a 1.00 ERA in four appearances covering nine innings. He is 1-1 with a 0.98 ERA in three career starts against the A’s, with 20 strikeouts in 18 1/3 innings.

• Chicago’s power relief corps of Michael Kopech, Craig Kimbrel and Liam Hendriks combined for four scoreless innings of one-hit ball Monday. They struck out nine and walked one. White Sox center fielder Luis Robert had a solo home run among his three hits. After missing 85 games with a torn hip flexor, Robert has three multi-hit games in his six contests since returning from the injured list.

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