Cleveland looks to take rubber match in Chicago

The Cleveland Baseball Club will face the Chicago White Sox Sunday night as they attempt to win their second consecutive game.

Cleveland and Chicago have split the first two games of the series with Cleveland taking Saturday’s game. Each team will be looking to win the rubber match that will take place Sunday night.

Shane Bieber will take the mound for Cleveland as they look to win the final game of their series with the White Sox Sunday night. Bieber has been absolutely dominant this year with a 0.83 ERA and 0.692 WHIP in 21.2 innings. The third-year starter has struck out 35 batters (14.5 K/9), third-most all-time through the first three starts of a season, trailing only Nolan Ryan (37) and Gerrit Cole (36).

Chicago will start Lucas Giolito and he has given Cleveland a ton of trouble. Giolito did not allow a run in his last start against Cleveland, scattering 4 hits and 2 walks across 6 innings. Chicago would go on to win when Brad Hand imploded in a non-save situation.

Only Francisco Lindor and and Jose Ramirez have had any sort of success against Giolito. Lindor is 5-14 and Ramirez is 4-14 with 1 double and 1 home run. Cesar Hernandez (1-2) and Carlos Santana (1-9) are the only other Cleveland batters with hits. The rest of the roster is 0-21 combined against Gioltio, not exactly encouraging. Although it is worth mentioning that Delino DeShields (0-3) and Domingo Santana (0-5) are the only players with more than two at-bats in this group. Mike Freeman, Sandy Leon, Franmil Reyes, Beau Taylor, and Bradley Zimmer all have two at-bats or less.

The game is scheduled to start at 7:00 P.M. on ESPN