The Athletics and the Chicago White Sox will play the rubber game of their 3-game set this afternoon in Sacramento. Two southpaws are expected to oppose each other, Jeffrey Springs for the A’s and Noah Schultz for the White Sox, and that is where the similarities end. Schultz is 0-1 with a bloated 6.23 ERA and a 1.62 WHIP over just 4.1 innings of work. The Athletics will send him packing early. Over 24.2 innings of work, the A’s ace Springs comes in at 3-0 with an ERA of only 1.46, a 0.77 WHIP, and the Athletics are 5-1 in his last 6 starts. They will also have momentum on their side after rallying to beat the South Siders yesterday, 7-6, in extra innings.
TODAY’S PICK: ATHLETICS