CHICAGO — The White Sox have been good over the past two seasons, but have been especially good facing left handed starters. They were 14-0 against lefty starters last season, and 7-1 this year.
J.A. Happ takes the mound as Twins face Central-leading White Sox
The White Sox are 21-1 against left handed starters over the past two seasons.
May 12, 2021 at 8:39PM
So Twins lefthander J.A. Happ (2-0, 1.91 ERA) is in the firing line tonight as he pitches against Chicago portsider Dallas Keuchel (1-1, 3.79) at Guaranteed Rate Field (7:10 p.m., MLB, BSN).
The White Sox, who lead the AL Central and are eight games up on the Twins, won 9-3 on Monday in the series opener.
Randball took a look at the team's offensive failures this morning.
TWINS LINEUP
Kyle Garlick, RF
Josh Donaldson, 3B
Nelson Cruz, DH
Mitch Garver, C
Jorge Polanco, 2B
Miguel Sano, 1B
Max Kepler, CF
Andrelton Simmons, SS
Luis Arraez, LF
WHITE SOX LINEUP
Tim Anderson, SS
Nick Madrigal, 2B
Yoan Moncada, 3B
Jose Abreu, 1B
Yermin Mercedes, DH
Yasmani Grandal, C
Andrew Vaughn, LF
Billy Hamilton, CF
Danny Mendrick, RF
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