7:15 pm
August 12

Yankees v. White Sox

Who will WIN this matchup?

New York Yankees (63-51)

Chicago White Sox (67-48)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Heaney (NYY): 7-8; 5.45 ERA

Lynn (CHW) 10-3; 2.04 ERA

 

Current odds:

New York Yankees: (+165)

Chicago White Sox: (-180)

 

• The famed movie quotes are there for the taking as the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox prepare to play their “Field of Dreams” game on Thursday in Dyersville, Iowa. With the cornfields and temporary bleachers to seat 8,000 providing a backdrop and throwback uniforms serving as costumes, the Yankees and White Sox are set to “go the distance” as Major League Baseball pays homage to the 1989 hit movie.

• The White Sox also shuffled their pitching rotation Wednesday after left-hander Carlos Rodon was placed on the 10-day injured list with fatigue in his pitching shoulder. Right-hander Lance Lynn (10-3, 2.04 ERA) was pushed back a day to start Thursday’s game. Lynn, 34, is coming off his second straight no-decision after allowing one run on four hits in six innings against the Chicago Cubs on Friday. Lynn owns a 2-2 record with a 3.60 ERA in four career starts versus the Yankees.

• Left-hander Andrew Heaney (7-8, 5.45) will make his third start for New York on Thursday since being acquired from the Los Angeles Angels last month. Heaney has struggled to keep the ball in the park this season, surrendering five homers in 10 innings with the Yankees and 21 in 20 starts overall this season. Heaney is 3-1 with a 4.41 ERA in six career starts against the White Sox. Jose Abreu has three homers and eight RBIs in 10 at-bats versus Heaney.

• The Yankees, winners of 10 of their past 13 games overall, outscored the White Sox by a 14-5 margin to sweep a three-game series on May 21-23. Thursday’s game against the White Sox, however, will take on a different feel in the eyes of New York manager Aaron Boone.

• The White Sox enter Thursday’s game after dropping the final two contests of a three-game series to the Minnesota Twins. They fell 4-3 on Tuesday and 1-0 on Wednesday.

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