It will be his fourth start of the season as the Cleveland Baseball Club takes on the Chicago White Sox.
After a 5-3 win on Friday, the Cleveland Baseball Club is looking to secure a series win in Chicago on Saturday. In their quest for their second straight win over the White Sox, they will hand the ball to Triston McKenzie.
Triston McKenzie will be making his fourth start of the year and he is looking for two things. To limit walks and to go deeper into games. The good things is that both of those go hand in hand. McKenzie has walked four batters in three of his four appearances this season and that has led to high pitch counts and early exits. The good news is that his only start which he didn’t walk four was against Chicago earlier this season. Perhaps McKenzie can repeat his approach from that outing to limit his walks.
Starting opposite Triston McKenzie is Lance Lynn. Lynn is pitching way above his skill level this season with a 0.92 ERA and 0.915 WHIP. Both of these numbers are well below his career averages of 3.53 and 1.285. At some point these numbers will see a correction and that could come in Saturday’s matchup.
Jose Ramirez is the only Cleveland batter who has homered off of Lynn in the past, homering twice in 11 at-bats. Ramirez also has 1 of 3 doubles against Lynn, the others belonging to Jake Bauers and Andres Gimenez.
