Central Peek for July 16-17

[Steve Bielawski]

Yunel Escobar tripled and scored on a ground out by Mike Trout in the first, as the Angels blanked the White Sox, 1-0. Matt Shoemaker got the shutout as well as the win, and James Shields got a hard-luck loss. Both starters pitched complete games.

The Indians and the Twins are in a rain delay, tied 4-4 in the eleventh.

Tomorrow, Josh Tomlin of the Indians
9-2 3.51 1.12 21 11:68 .258/.279/.477;
7-2 3.02 0.84 13 8:57 .195/.227/.415 in 10 starts
will face Kyle Gibson of the Twins
2-5 5.02 1.48 6 23:41 .277/.345/.420 in 10 starts;
11-11 3.84 1.29 18 65:145 .252/.317/.381
in Minneapolis.

Jacob Turner of the White Sox
6-11 6.13 1.60 12 33:71 .324/.368/.477 in 18 starts and 10 relief appearances
for the Marlins and Cubs in 2014
will oppose Jered Weaver of the Angels
7-7 5.27 1.44 21 27:59 .294/.341/.511;
7-12 4.64 1.23 24 33:90 .264/.313/.454 in 26 starts
in Anaheim.

And in Detroit, Yordano Ventura
6-7 5.15 1.42 13 40:69 .256/.334/.406;
13-8 4.08 1.30 14 58:156 .248/.319/.378
will get the call for the Royals while Michael Fulmer
9-2 2.11 1.10 6 27:72 .206/.284/.318 in 13 starts for the Tigers and

1-1 4.11 1.37 3 5:20 .243 for AAA Toledo;
6-2 1.88 1.12 3 23:83 .227 in 15 games for AA Binghamton and
4-1 2.84 1.07 4 7:33 .231 in 6 games for AA Erie last year
will take the mound for the Tigers. The game will begin at 1:10 p.m. E.D.T.