A pair of AL Central rivals take to the diamond as they open up a weekend series up in the Motor City. The Chicago White Sox are on the road as they play the first game of a four-game series with the Detroit Tigers Thursday night. Chicago played the rubber game of a three-game road set with the Guardians in Cleveland Wednesday afternoon. The White Sox picked up a 4-2 win in the middle game of the set Tuesday night. Detroit played the rubber game of their three-game series with the Royals in Kansas City Wednesday night. The Tigers were knocked off 4-1 in the middle game of the series Tuesday night. Last season, the White Sox won 12 of the 19 meetings, though the Tigers swept a three-game set on the road in the most recent series between the teams September 23-25, 2022.
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Chicago won for the sixth time in their last eight games as they evened their series with the Guardians on the road Tuesday night. The White Sox improved to 20-30 on the season and stood fourth in the AL Central, 5.5 games behind the Twins for the top spot entering Wednesday’s action. On Tuesday night, Chicago finished with eight hits with Luis Robert Jr. the lone player with two in the contest. Yasmani Grandal hit his fourth homer of the season for the White Sox in the victory. Dylan Cease (3-3) earned the win on the mound as he threw six innings, allowing two runs on five hits with two walks and three strikeouts. Kendall Graveman worked the ninth, allowing no runs on one hit with one walk and one strikeout, for his fourth save of the year.
Lucas Giolito is expected to be on the mound for the White Sox here as he makes his 11th start of the season in this contest. He is 3-3 with a 3.62 ERA, a 1.123 WHIP, 12 walks and 60 strikeouts over 59.2 innings of work this season. Giolito earned the win in his last start, which came at home against the Royals Saturday. He threw six innings, allowing one run on six hits with one walk and four strikeouts in game the White Sox won 5-1. In his last three starts, Giolito is 2-1 with a 3.50 ERA, a 1.17 WHIP, three walks and 19 strikeouts over 18 innings of work. Giolito makes his 20th career start against the Tigers in this contest. He is 6-6 with a 4.46 ERA, a 1.193 WHIP, 34 walks and 126 strikeouts over 109 innings of work against them. Giolito is 3-1 with a 3.72 ERA, a 1.293 WHIP, 11 walks and 46 strikeouts over 38.2 innings of action in seven career starts at Comerica Park.