The Chicago White Sox and host Oakland Athletics will play a deciding third game in their American League first-round playoff series Thursday afternoon. That much is known.
What remained a mystery well after Wednesday's 5-3 Oakland win that squared the best-of-three series at 1-1 is which pitchers the White Sox and A's will send to the mound for the deciding game.
A's manager Bob Melvin finally decided about two hours before the first pitch to run with Mike Fiers in Game 3.
Fiers has gone 14-3 in Oakland since joining the A's during the 2018 season.