{"id":44242,"date":"2025-05-21T17:30:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T17:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/44242\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T17:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T17:30:09","slug":"game-thread-seattle-mariners-at-chicago-white-sox-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/44242\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Thread: Seattle Mariners at Chicago White Sox"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s rubber match day at Rate Field! The Chicago White Sox<\/a> (15-34) are looking to take the series against the Seattle Mariners<\/a> (27-20) today after an exciting 1-0 win last night. After going 7-7 over their first 14 games in May, the South Siders hit a rough patch, losing five straight. However, last night\u2019s nail-biter win against the M\u2019s snapped that skid, providing a much-needed morale boost for a team that desperately needs it. <\/p>\n

Chicago sends Shane Smith to the bump on this hump day. He has been nothing short of terrific this season. His 2.05 ERA and 1.14 WHIP over nine starts speak volumes, but the rookie has gotten virtually zero run support. Not to mention, his defense completely let him down during his last outing against the Chicago Cubs<\/a>. Hopefully, the Good Guys can get behind him this afternoon and capture a W. <\/p>\n

The Mariners counter with one of their top prospects, Logan Evans (No. 10), who Seattle called up at the end of April. He\u2019s impressed so far with a 2-1 record and a solid 2.57 ERA over his four appearances. The righthander utilizes the kitchen-sink approach in attacking hitters with his six-pitch arsenal. He primarily tosses a cutter and slider and mixes in a sinker, four-seamer, changeup, and curveball. So, the Sox offense can expect to see a lot of slower stuff floating to the plate. <\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how skipper Will Venable lines them up today. It\u2019s refreshing to see Chase Meidroth continue in that leadoff spot. He\u2019s been by far the best and most consistent offensive player on the team. <\/p>\n

Unfortunately for the M\u2019s, their offense has been on a bit of a cold streak. Over their last 10 games, they\u2019re averaging only 6.4 hits and batting .197 as a team. Here\u2019s how manager Dan Wilson sets them up to face Smith this afternoon. <\/p>\n

If the weather cooperates, you can watch the broadcast on CHSN at 1:10 p.m. CST. Don\u2019t have CHSN or the antenna? Tune in to Len Kasper and Darin Jackson on the radio call at ESPN 1000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s rubber match day at Rate Field! The Chicago White Sox (15-34) are looking to take the series…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2379],"tags":[422,5,138,49,2590,2561,439,181,14,620,4,619,2572,2571,286,2412,294,396,2562],"class_list":{"0":"post-44242","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-white-sox","8":"tag-at","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-chicago-white-sox","12":"tag-chicago-white-sox-game-threads","13":"tag-chicagowhitesox","14":"tag-exclude-from-stn-video","15":"tag-front-page","16":"tag-game","17":"tag-mariners","18":"tag-mlb","19":"tag-seattle","20":"tag-side","21":"tag-south","22":"tag-sox","23":"tag-thread","24":"tag-white","25":"tag-white-sox","26":"tag-whitesox"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114547014034738114","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}