Dylan Cease takes the mound Sunday night at Guaranteed Rate Field as the White Sox look to force a Game 4 Monday against the Astros.
The White Sox made a couple of changes from their starting lineup from Game 2 to Game 3. Gavin Sheets will DH, César Hernández is starting at second base and Leury García in right field.
Adam Engel and Andrew Vaughn are not in the starting lineup.
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Sheets and the switch-hitting Hernández add two left-handed bats to the lineup against Astros Game 3 starter Luis Garcia.
Lefties hit .279/.340/.474 against Garcia in 2021, compared to righties hitting .182/.247/.301.
"Garcia is a good pitcher, and I think it's a better matchup for César than it is for Engel or even Andrew," manager Tony La Russa said. "Strongly considered Andrew because he has been swinging better and got a hit — hit the ball hard the other day. Today I think the matchup is better lefty."
Here's the full lineup:
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SS Tim Anderson
CF Luis Robert
1B José Abreu
C Yasmani Grandal
LF Eloy Jiménez
3B Yoán Moncada
DH Gavin Sheets
RF Leury García
2B César Hernández
SP Dylan Cease
White Sox Pregame Live starts at 5:30 p.m. on NBC Sports Chicago and the MyTeams app.