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Lucas Jolito will look to extend his winning streak and avenge one of the worst games of the season when the Chicago White Sox host the Houston Astros in the four-game series finale on Thursday afternoon. I'm here.
Jorit (9-6, 4.92 ERA) has only allowed seven runs in his current three-game winning streak. The 28-year-old right-hander overcame one rough his frame en route to a seven-inning performance in Chicago's 6-4 win over the Tigers in Detroit on Saturday.
"He could have done better if he had kept the damage down in [the second] inning, but he was mad," said Jolito. "When you're angry, it often turns into frustration. It takes you out of it. But I make a point of turning it into an aggressive pitch, starting to find a rhythm in the fourth, fifth, and I did that until the seventh inning.”
Jolito also seemed upset in his final game against the Astros. He pitched his 13-3 lead over Houston on June 17, where he pitched over five innings and had a season-high eight runs and seven hits (including two homers). did.
He has a 5.08 ERA in six starts against the Astros.
Jolit will need to pitch carefully to Alex Bregman. Houston beat Chicago Wednesday with a 3-2 win.
The Astros recorded Wednesday's victory after squandering the late lead in each of his first two games of the series. In the most recent contest, Houston had just five hits and produced the majority of the offense.
"We lost some key players," said Astros manager Dusty Baker. "We lost [Aredomis] Diaz and Michael [Brantley], so it's a big blow and that's what we have to do. We have to create some runs and hopefully in the meantime
"In the meantime, we may need to steal more or hit and run more. To push some runs across the plate."
Houston will send right-hander Luis Garcia (9-8, 4.03 ERA) to the mound on Thursday in a bid to salvage the series division.
Garcia, 25, started three games in Oakland Friday in his 7-5 win over the Athletics, even though he allowed eight hits and four runs in six innings. Bite the losing skid.
He received a no decision in his only career game against the White Sox on June 18, 2021, despite allowing one run in seven innings and allowing eight strikeouts.
Garcia will have to keep an eye on Jose Abreu, who has a five-game multi-hit streak. The 2020 American League MVP he went 11-for-17 (. 647) and he scored four runs in that stretch.
Chicago's Luis Robert is likely to be out of the starting lineup for the sixth straight game, despite being a pinch runner on Wednesday. Robert has pain in his left wrist and received an injection on Tuesday to address the inflammation. Give him a good workout."Maybe Friday.... we're not going to push him. He has to be able to swing normally and not be restricted. That's not fair." It's dangerous."
– Field Level Media
