{"id":61223,"date":"2023-08-26T11:21:35","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T15:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=61223"},"modified":"2023-08-26T11:21:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T15:21:35","slug":"white-sox-and-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/08\/26\/white-sox-and-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"White Sox and Athletics Set to Clash in Exciting MLB Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-92ucc9\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/08\/06\/chicago-white-sox-top-prospects\/\" target=\"_self\">Chicago White Sox<\/a> (50-79) will host the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2022\/02\/24\/oakland-athletics-all-time-team-tournament\/\" target=\"_self\">Oakland Athletics<\/a> (38-91) in a highly anticipated MLB matchup at Guaranteed Rate Field. Both teams have had challenging seasons so far, but they are ready to battle it out on the diamond. The White Sox will send starting pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/toussto01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-26_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Touki Toussaint<\/a> (1-6, 5.301 ERA) to face the Athletics&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/searsjp01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-26_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JP Sears<\/a> (2-10, 4.611 ERA). The White Sox are currently standing at 13th place in the American League standings, while the Athletics are in last. Despite their standings, this game promises to be an exciting showdown between the two teams.<\/p>\n<pre><code>[pickup_prop id=\"34531\"]<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-92ucc9\">\n<p>The match is scheduled to take place on August 26th at 6:10 PM Central Time and with NBCS-CHI on the broadcast. Make sure to tune in to catch all the action!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-92ucc9\">\n<h2>Key Points to Watch Out For<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-92ucc9\">\n<ul>\n<li>Oakland&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/roberlu01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-26_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luis Robert Jr.<\/a> is leading the Athletics in home runs this season with an impressive 34 home runs. Keep an eye on his performance as he looks to make a big impact in the game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-92ucc9\">\n<ul>\n<li>The White Sox have been hit by a series of injuries, which include players like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/crochga01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-26_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Garrett Crochet<\/a> (RP, Shoulder, D15), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/z\/zavalse01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-26_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seby Zavala<\/a> (C, Oblique, D10), Romy Gonz\u00e1lez (2B, Shoulder, D60), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hendrli01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-26_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liam Hendriks<\/a> (RP, Elbow, D60), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/fostema01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-26_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Foster<\/a> (RP, Forearm, D60), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kopecmi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-26_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Kopech<\/a> (SP, Leg, Day-to-Day). These injuries have significantly affected the team&#8217;s performance, but they will be determined to overcome the odds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-92ucc9\">\n<ul>\n<li>Both teams have had some recent struggles, with the White Sox winning only three of their last ten games and the Athletics winning five of their last ten. This matchup could prove to be a turning point for either team as they seek to break their streaks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-92ucc9\">\n<h2>Injuries<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-92ucc9\">\n<p>Chicago White Sox:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Garrett Crochet (RP, Shoulder, D15)<\/li>\n<li>Seby Zavala (C, Oblique, D10)<\/li>\n<li>Romy Gonz\u00e1lez (2B, Shoulder, D60)<\/li>\n<li>Liam Hendriks (RP, Elbow, D60)<\/li>\n<li>Matt Foster (RP, Forearm, D60)<\/li>\n<li>Michael Kopech (SP, Leg, Day-to-Day)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-92ucc9\">\n<p>Oakland Athletics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/felipan01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-26_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Angel Felipe<\/a> (RP, Elbow, D15)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lovelri01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-26_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Richard Lovelady<\/a> (RP, Arm, D60)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kaprija01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-26_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Kaprielian<\/a> (SP, Shoulder, D60)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/pruitau01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-26_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Austin Pruitt<\/a> (RP, Forearm, D15)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=millema03,miller005mas,miller001mas&amp;search=Mason+Miller&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-26_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mason Miller<\/a> (SP, Elbow, D60)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bledajj01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-26_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JJ Bleday<\/a> (CF, Knee, D10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/rucindr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-26_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drew Rucinski<\/a> (SP, Illness, D60)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=jacksza02,jacksza01&amp;search=Zach+Jackson&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-26_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zach Jackson<\/a> (RP, Elbow, D60)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=medinlu02,medinlu01,medina010lui,medina005lui,medina004lui&amp;search=Luis+Medina&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-26_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luis Medina<\/a> (SP, Finger, D15)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/riosya01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-26_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yacksel R\u00edos<\/a> (RP, Finger, D60)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/tarnofr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-26_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Freddy Tarnok<\/a> (SP, Calf, D15)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-92ucc9\">\n<p>Head to Guaranteed Rate Field or tune in to NBCS-CHI for what promises to be an exciting game. Don&#8217;t miss out on the action as these teams battle it out on the field!<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago White Sox (50-79) will host the Oakland Athletics (38-91) in a highly anticipated MLB matchup at Guaranteed Rate Field. Both teams have had challenging seasons so far, but they are ready to battle it out on the diamond. The White Sox will send starting pitcher Touki Toussaint (1-6, 5.301 ERA) to face the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3686,"featured_media":61226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,15,1071],"tags":[3614,5569,906,6391,771,302],"class_list":["post-61223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-whitesox","category-athletics","category-mlb","tag-garrett-crochet","tag-jp-sears","tag-liam-hendriks","tag-luis-robert-jr","tag-michael-kopech","tag-touki-toussaint"],"modified_by":"Matt Graves","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3686"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}