Aug. 13--The White Sox will try for a series sweep against the Angels on Wednesday night at U.S. Cellular Field when left-hander John Danks takes the mound. Danks enters with a 6-9 record and a 4.79 ERA. He faces Angels left-hander Andrew Heaney, who is 5-1 with a 2.45 ERA.
At the plate
Sox designated hitter Adam Eaton will lead off, followed by third baseman Tyler Saladino, first baseman Jose Abreu, left fielder Melky Cabrera, right fielder Avisail Garcia, shortstop Alexei Ramirez, center fielder Trayce Thompson, catcher Tyler Flowers and second baseman Gordon Beckham.
On the mound
Danks allowed three earned runs on five hits over six innings in his last start against the Royals. He is 2-0 with an 0.49 ERA over his last three home starts.
On the bench
Sox manager Robin Ventura gives designated hitter Adam LaRoche a second straight night off.
Key number
5.74 -- Runs per game scored by the Sox since July 23, the second-most in the majors.
The quote
"There's time to go in the cage and work on it and clear your head. Again, we're going to need him to hit well if we're going to make a run at this. We want him to be a part of it. He's an important piece of that." -- Ventura on LaRoche
Up next
Vs. Cubs, 3:10 p.m. Friday, WGN-9/CSN.
