New York at Chicago

The NY Yankees were happy to get out of Boston and celebrated with a slump-ending 7-0 rout of the anemic White Sox. New York's offense is second in baseball in runs scored and slugging, fifth in on-base percentage, and the team is 25-7 against the AL Central. Yankees lefty C.C. Sabathia (3.59 ERA) can still pitch and is 19-6 with a 3.78 ERA against Chicago. His teams are also 43-19 when facing the AL Central. He faces a Chicago White Sox squad that is 21-34 at home with all kinds of problems, #24 in runs scored, #26 in on-base percentage, #29 in team ERA, #27 in fielding. White Sox 24-year old starter Reynaldo Lopez (4-9) faces the Bronx Bombers for the first time in his young career and is in a slump, allowing 32 hits, 15 walks, 23 runs his last five starts (29+ innings). The White Sox are 15-37 against a lefty starter, including 7-21 at home. And the Yankees are 18-8 in the last 26 meetings. Play the Yankees.