The Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox will wrap up their series Thursday afternoon, but they’ll do it on a slightly different clock than originally planned. First pitch has been moved up an hour, with the game now set for 1:10 ET instead of 2:10 ET because of approaching weather.
“The start time of today's game is being moved to 12:10 p.m. CT due to approaching weather,” the White Sox wrote on social media.
On the mound for Cincinnati will be Andrew Abbott, who is coming off one of his stronger outings of the year and trying to keep that momentum rolling in the finale. The left-hander enters at 6-7 with a 3.92 ERA after working 6 2/3 innings against the Athletics, where he gave up three runs on seven hits and struck out four. That outing counted as his 10th quality start of the season, and his third in his last four appearances.
Abbott has also been keeping hitters from doing real damage lately. Over his last 15 innings, he has allowed only one extra-base hit. Chicago has not been much of a problem for him either; in two career starts against the White Sox, he owns a 1.38 ERA across 13 innings.
The White Sox will counter with Davis Martin, who comes in at 9-6 with a 4.17 ERA. His most recent start was cut short by rain after just one inning against the Guardians, and he allowed two runs in that brief outing.
Before that, things had gone rougher, with 17 runs surrendered over 16 innings across his previous three starts. Chicago has gone 2-5 in Martin’s last seven outings.
Cincinnati dropped Wednesday night’s game to Chicago, but the Reds are still 14-10 since the All-Star break. They enter Thursday five games below .500 and still haven’t reached the .500 mark since June 5. That’s a long way from the start they had, when they opened 20-11 and were nine games over .500 at the end of April.
Even with the recent push, the Reds remain fourth in the NL Central. They’ve spent 71 of the previous 74 days in last place, which tells you how difficult the climb has been despite the improved play after the break.
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