After back-to-back to back road trips to the West Coast, this series represents, in late May, the White Sox final games in the Pacific Time Zone. Tony Vitello and the San Francisco Giants look to give the South Siders their first series loss since April 26, while Munetaka Murakami and friends will look to not drop back-to-back games and series.
On the mound to protect the club’s quickly-building reputation as a threat in the league is this season’s ace, Davis Martin. The dominant righthander is coming
off of a thrilling win at home against the Cubs where he went six innings, gave up one run, and struck out seven. His 10th start of the season could tie him with former White Sox great Chris Sale with seven wins to lead baseball.
Martin was recently name No. 10 on the MLB’s pitching power rankings, a standing that should be higher but nonetheless has been earned given his third-ranked 1.61 ERA. He ranks in the top 5% of MLB pitchers with a 4.7% walk percentage. He has only struck out 59 batters over his 56 innings of work, but of the 45 hits he has given up so far this season, only 38% have gone for extra bases. Martin’s quick work of batters is also allowing him to get further in games this year. In 2025, Martin had a total of nine quality starts to his name. Not even halfway through 2026, only two of his nine starts haven’t been quality.
Opposing Martin is 25-year-old Trevor McDonald. The 18th-ranked Giants prospect was called up back on May 4. On May 5 he was sent back to Triple-A, but before he could get too comfortable. he was called right back to San Francisco before his next start. The rookie righty has been given three games so far. In them, he is 2-0 with a 2.37 ERA. His 19 innings of work have resulted in 17 strikeouts, three walks, and two home runs. The White Sox are likely to see a good mix of 94 mph sinkers and 87 mph sliders.
Here’s how the Giants line up behind McDonald:
As for the White Sox, after this graphic was posted it was announced that Jarred Kelenic was scratched due to a back contusion. Derek Hill will replace him in right field. The bottom of the lineup will now have Edgar Quero batting seventh, Tristan Peters batting eighth, and Hill batting ninth.
It is a late one tonight. First pitch will be thrown at 9:15 PM CDT. If you are staying up past your bedtime with us, you can catch the game on CHSN or listen on ESPN 1000.
