Two games and two wins against the lowly White Sox so far this series. It took 13 innings last night, but hey, all that matters is the win. They don’t all have to be pretty. The Yankees will go for the three-game series sweep tonight — they haven’t swept a three-game series since the Mariners series in June — with Luis Severino on the mound.
On paper, the ChiSox are a good matchup for Severino. Their 12.7% swing-and-miss rate is the highest in baseball and Severino has had some swing-and-miss issues the last few times out. The whiff rates:
- First 18 starts: 13.