The Guardians have 32 fewer losses than the White Sox. But behind Erick Fedde, the White Sox punched the Guardians, 8-2, taking advantage of Gavin Williams' rust Wednesday night.

Don't expect a repeat today.

Promising rookie Drew Thorpe is not going to start here. Instead the White Sox are intelligently saving him for Friday when they take on a far more beatable team in the Marlins. This is going to be a bullpen game for the White Sox with Jared Shuster serving as the opener and Michael Soroka likely to also be pitching. Soroka is 0-8 with a 5.16 ERA. Chicago has a bottom-eight bullpen.

The Guardians are going with underrated Ben Lively, who is 4-0 with a 2.08 ERA in six outings at Progressive Field. Cleveland has the lowest bullpen ERA in the majors and their best bullpen arms are rested.

Cleveland also is fifth in runs scored. The White Sox have scored the fewest runs.