T.M. Selection: Chicago White Sox.

I like the Chicago White Sox to win this game against the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday. The White Sox were getting very hot just before the All-Star break but they haven't looked very good in their games since then. They have already lost 2/3 against the Guardians here, but I think they can win this game on Sunday and split the series. They split their double header on Saturday and this series is starting to look very familiar to their series against each other last week, where the Guardians won the 1st 2 games of that series but the White Sox took the last 2 and started to get hot after that. Now that the White Sox have that win from the 2nd game of that double header, I see them coming with a better effort here to split the series, and they have a great starter on the bump to help them here. Dylan Cease (9-4, 2.15 ERA) is up for the White Sox here and he has easily been the most consistent and reliable starter on this roster all year. He has been pitching really well in his starts lately, pitching in 10 games in a row now where he gave up only 1 earned run or less. He hasn't given up a run in his 2 most recent starts either and that includes a start against the Guardians just last week. I think he is going to replicate that performance here and continue to be their ace in the rotation. Shane Bieber (4-5, 3.24 ERA) is up for the Guardians here and he has also been great this year but his June wasn't that great. He only had 1 start in June where he didn't give up a single run while every other start saw him consistently giving up around 3 runs. He hasn't been great in July either, giving up just 1 run in his most recent start but 5 runs in his start before that. I think the White Sox lineup is going to get hot again here and they need to split this series since their division race is getting really tight. I like the White Sox to win this game.

T.M. Prediction: 5-2 White Sox.