I’m sure most of you are thinking that it’s WAY COOL that after a surprisingly successful road trip (4-2, two series wins!) out west that the home cooking will taste MIGHTY FINE with the Nationals in town. Yes, it’s true that no one is expecting anything from the Nasty Nats this season, the club is a half-game better than our guys at the moment. Let’s not start counting our City Connects before they’re worn.
But worn they will be, tonight, for the first time all season. Last year was an incredibly successful one 8-5, not losing on a home Friday until the end of June and ending up 8-5 for the year; for a 102-loss team, that’s quite a nice clip.
In addition to vibes the White Sox have going for them, there’s also another opener situation happening, as lefty Bryan Hudson starts the game for Erick Fedde tonight. And once again, a DH leads off, only it’s not Andrew Benintendi:
Manager Will Venable continues to concentrate his best power in the middle of the lineup, as Nos. 3-5 boast 22 HRs and the other six hitters just five combined. And for all the surge of the trip west generated, four batters in tonight’s lineup are languishing below the Mendoza Line.
The Nationals are throwing an opener as well, PJ Poulin. I believe he’s opening for Robbie Ray (another southpaw, so not sure that checks out given the lefty-righty fetish in MLB), but seriously I can hardly keep track of the White Sox. We’ll learn together!
Ballgame’s at 6:40 p.m. CT on the usual channels.
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