Tigers at White Sox
With May fast approaching, winter weather is still wreaking havoc on the Midwest, and the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox are being forced to wait it out. After snowy conditions caused Saturday's matchup to be postponed, the teams will try to complete the condensed two-game series in the Windy City on Sunday.
The postponement allowed everyone to catch their breath following a thriller Friday night that resulted in a 12-11 win for the White Sox, who rallied from an early seven-run deficit and walked it off on Tim Anderson's home run in the ninth. "I want those moments. Those are the moments we prepare for," Anderson, who entered Saturday leading the American League in hitting at .402, told reporters. "I always want to be in that moment." Detroit lost its third in a row after winning three straight. The White Sox have pushed Reynaldo Lopez, Saturday's scheduled starter, to Sunday to pitch opposite Tigers southpaw Matthew Boyd.
TV: 2:10 p.m. ET, FS Detroit, NBCS Chicago
PITCHING MATCHUP: Tigers LH Matthew Boyd (2-1, 3.16 ERA) vs. White Sox RH Reynaldo Lopez (1-3, 7.46)
Boyd has reeled off four straight quality starts, lasting seven innings in each of the last two. He allowed three runs and a season-low three hits in a win at Fenway Park on Tuesday. Jose Abreu is 10-for-21 with two home runs against the 28-year-old Boyd, who is 0-4 with a 6.91 ERA in six career starts at Chicago's Guaranteed Rate Field.
After allowing 18 runs in 13 1/3 innings over his first three starts, Lopez has held opponents to four runs - three earned - across 12 frames in his last two. He struck out eight without walking a batter in a hard-luck loss at Detroit his last time out and owns a 3.20 ERA in eight career matchups. Nicholas Castellanos is 9-for-24 with five doubles against Lopez.
WALK-OFFS
1. White Sox LF Eloy Jimenez was scheduled to have an MRI on his sprained left ankle Saturday and the team is expected to update his status prior to Sunday's game.
2. Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera is 8-for-17 with a home run and six RBIs in four games against Chicago this year.
3. Saturday's game will be made up as part of a split doubleheader July 3.