Aaron Civale starts in final game against White Sox
The Cleveland Baseball Club turns to the 25-year old right hander as they look to split the series with the Chicago White Sox.
The Cleveland Baseball Club is in need of a bounce back in the worst way. Wednesday night saw the team get no hit by Carlos Rodon of the Chicago White Sox and the low end of their season should have been met with that performance. While Cleveland is looking for their offense to improve Thursday they will be entrusting Aaron Civale as their staring pitcher in their final game in Chicago.
Aaron Civale has been lock solid through his first two starts this season. Civale is sporting an ERA of 2.45 and WHIP of 0.545 in in 14.2 innings this season. These numbers are more similar to his rookie campaign than his 12 starts in 2020. It is worth mentioning that Civale faced Detroit in consecutive starts and they do not have the talent of Chicago. Chicago’s two key bats in their lineup have mixed results against the Cleveland starter in the past. Jose Abreu is 2-12 with 1 double and Yoan Moncada is 5-11 with 1 double.
The White Sox are turning to Lance Lynn for this third start of the season. Lynn has been lights for Chicago as he is yet to allow a run in 13.2 innings of work. Last time out for Lynn was a complete game shutout of the Kansas City Royals, allowing 5 hits and striking out 11 with no walks. Lynn has dominated the Cleveland lineup in the past and there is reason to believe that will continue Thursday. As a team Cleveland is slashing .126/.161/.188/.349 with 1 home run, 1 double, and 10 strikeouts in 39 at-bats. Both extra-base hits belong to Jose Ramirez who is 2-8 off Lynn.
