CHICAGO -- A rare, late season matchup of Cy Young favorites takes place on Tuesday night at Guaranteed Rate Field when Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander takes on White Sox righty Dylan Cease.
The two pitchers rank first and second in ERA with Verlander's 1.85 mark a tick better than Cease's 1.96. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it's just the third matchup of starting pitchers with sub 2.00 ERAs (with a minimum of 20 starts) since MLB lowered the mound in 1969.
"This is like when I was a kid," Astros manager Dusty Baker said on Monday afternoon.