Davis Martin starts for the White Sox and must be efficient and reach at least the sixth inning during a 17-game stretch without a break. Martin is coming off 16 consecutive outs without allowing a hit and faces a Twins lineup that has not been consistently potent. Mick Abel starts for the Twins and is a right-handed pitcher. Will Venable placed Kyle Teel in the leadoff spot, reflecting the team's lack of a true leadoff hitter after Chase Meidroth's decline. Korey Lee was promoted but has not started, and Edgar Quero sits after a strong game. First pitch is 6:10 p.m. CT.
Chicago is Game 2 into a 17-game stretch without a break, so it's imperative Martin be efficient with his pitches and get deep (by Chisox standards, into the sixth) tonight. The good news is he is coming off of 16 outs without a hit in his most recent start, and against a Twins offense not the most prodigious (pls ignore the nine-spot it slapped on the Sox on Friday) Davis is in position to repeat.
Will Venable has installed Kyle Teel atop the order tonight, cheerily I'm certain. It's an odd move, but then, this team has no true leadoff hitter. Chase Meidroth falling off has sort of killed him as an option. Korey Lee was promoted yesterday but sits a second straight game. I know there's no great clamor for his bat in the lineup, but doesn't it make better sense to give him some run?
but we don't need to see the guy in the outfield, or at DH. Edgar Quero, on the heels of a phenomenal game on Friday, sits, so even the logic of bringing Lee up to cover for Quero and Teel in the same lineup held for all of ... one game. Good news for you, I am not writing the recap, so all garrulousness ends as of first pitch, at 6:10 p.m. CT.
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