The White Sox are falling out of contention, but Jose Quintana continues to have an outstanding season, and he draws the opening game of the series against first-place Cleveland and Corey Kluber. Quintana goes for his tenth win; he won exactly nine game in each of his last three seasons. His ERA is slightly better on the road, as he allows fewer home runs away from Chicago. Kluber improved his ERA since the All-Star break, 3-0 with a 1.80 ERA in five starts.
The other all-AL Central game pits the Royals against the Tigers in Detroit with Danny Duffy facing Justin Verlander. Duffy is hot, walking nine batters during his last nine starts covering 65 2/3 innings. He also struck out 67. The only team to give him trouble in that stretch was the Tigers. Verlander is hot as well, allowing no more than two runs in each of his last eight starts. He struck out 63 batters in his last 55 2/3 innings.
Finally, Noah Syndergaard and the Mets battle the Diamondbacks and Braden Shipley. Syndergaard already matched his 9-7 record of his rookie 2015 season in one fewer game. He also needs four more strikeouts to surpass his 166 K from last year. He should do it in many fewer innings. Shipley makes his fifth MLB start, sporting a 2.96 ERA. His three-true outcomes are not that strong, especially his 12 walks and 4 home runs allowed in 24 1/3 innings. Opponents are hitting just .143 against him with runners in scoring position, 3 for 21.
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