The Yankees came from behind to beat the White Sox last night and tonight they’re going for the series win, which would be their fifth series win in their last six series of at last three games. By my unofficial count, the Yankees are 26-9-5 in their 40 series this season. Pretty great. Tack on another W tonight.
CC Sabathia is on the mound tonight and, on paper, the White Sox are a great matchup for him. They swing at everything — Chicago has the third highest swing rate and second highest chase rate in MLB — and they’re without Jose Abreu, their best hitter. If Sabathia lives on the corners like he usually does, he could have a lot of success against this ChiSox team. It wasn’t a coincidence he struck out a season high 12 batters last time he faced this team. Here are the lineups:
New York Yankees
1. LF Brett Gardner
2. RF Giancarlo Stanton
3. CF Aaron Hicks
4. DH Miguel Andujar
5. 3B Neil Walker
6. SS Gleyber Torres
7. 1B Greg Bird
8. C Austin Romine
9. 2B Ronald Torreyes
LHP CC Sabathia
Chicago White Sox
1. CF Adam Engel
2. SS Jose Rondon
3. RF Avisail Garcia
4. C Kevan Smith
5. 1B Matt Davidson
6. 2B Yoan Moncada
7. DH Nicky Delmonico
8. LF Ryan LaMarre
9. 3B Yolmer Sanchez
RHP Reynaldo Lopez
Another hot day in New York. Real feel temperature is in the triple digits again. Rough. Tonight’s first pitch is scheduled for 7:05pm ET and you can watch on YES locally and MLB Network out-of-market. Enjoy the game.
Injury Update: Didi Gregorius (heel) ran on the field for the first time today and also took full batting practice. It is possible he won’t need a minor league rehab assignment. Kinda depends how he comes through his workouts the next few days … Aaron Judge (wrist) had a scheduled light workout day today, so there’s no real update on him. Nothing’s changed since yesterday.
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