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6d ago

Guardians Turn to Rookie Parker Messick as Six-Man Rotation Fuels Wild-Card Push

Starting pitching has carried a 4-1 homestand that keeps the club in the wild-card chase.

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Overview

  • Cleveland hosts Chicago at Progressive Field with Parker Messick (2-0, 1.93 ERA) facing Davis Martin (6-9, 4.03) in Game 148.
  • Manager Stephen Vogt installed a six-man rotation to navigate a 17-games-in-17-days stretch that began Aug. 29.
  • Messick, recalled Aug. 20 for his debut, makes his fifth big-league start after multiple outings of at least six innings with zero or one run allowed.
  • Tanner Bibee threw a two-hit, 4-0 complete-game shutout Friday, his first career shutout and the franchise’s first complete-game shutout since 2019.
  • Chicago enters 8-3 in September with Martin 3-0 since Aug. 5 despite a 7.71 ERA in three starts against Cleveland, and the White Sox remain on pace to avoid another 100-loss season.