Chicago White Sox vs. Oakland Athletics
Date and Time: September 9, 2021 Thursday (9:40 pm ET)
Venue: Oakland- Alameda Country Coliseum
Prediction: Oakland Athletics
Bookmaker: 1xbet
The Chicago White Sox will play the final game of a pivotal three-game set at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum against the Oakland Athletics on Thursday afternoon. Reynaldo Lopez will play
at White Sox as a reliever while left-handed Sean Manaea will play to Athletics.
Reynaldo Lopez was hit hard in Saturday’s no-decision against the Royals, giving up three runs on three hits in his four innings of work. Lopez walked one and struck out one on the night. All of the damage done against him came in the third inning, where Cam Gallagher delivered an RBI single and then rode home on Salvador Perez’s two-run blast. Lopez was lifted after just 65 pitches strikes in this one. He’ll carry a 2.08 ERA and 0.72 WHIP into this road matchup with the Athletics.
The White Sox are in a comfortable position atop the American League Central, sitting 10 games up on the second-place Cleveland Indians. They’ve been electric from both the dish and mound since the start of April, even with all of their injuries. Barring a never-seen-before collapse, they will host a first-round playoff series.
Sean Manaea surrendered two runs on five hits over seven innings while taking a no-decision in Friday’s 11-10 loss to the Blue Jays. Manaea was wheeling and dealing throughout the start, fanning nine Jays without walking a batter. The only runs to score on his watch came when Teoscar Hernandez bopped a two-run homer in the fourth inning. The A’s held an 8-2 advantage heading into the bottom of the eighth but Manaea ended up with a no-decision, rather than a win when the Jays erupted for six runs in the frame to tie up the game.
The 29-year-old southpaw will bring a 3.91 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, and 165/36 K/BB ratio into this showdown with the White Sox to close out the series. Coming into this game, Oakland remains 3.5 games back of the Red Sox for the final wild-card spot with only 24 games remaining. This game is a big one.
The game is very important to Oakland, as they’re in a dogfight for the final AL Wild Card spot.
It’s not a crucial for the Sox, as they sit comfortably atop their division. Take the Athletics to win this game.
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