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Tonight’s Game
White Sox vs. Nationals at U.S. Cellular Field (7:10 p.m. CT, CSN) in the middle game of the three-game series. Starting Pitchers: RHP James Shields, making his first start for the Sox, vs. RHP Matt Scherzer (6-4, 3.87) for Washington.
The 6-foot-3, 215-pound Shields has gone 129-104 with a 3.76 ERA (910 ER/2,180.0 IP) and 1,899 strikeouts in 330 career games (329 starts) over 11 major-league seasons with Tampa Bay (2006-12), Kansas City (2013-14) and the Padres (2015-16).
Since 2007, Shields leads all major-league pitchers in games started (308) and IP (2,055.