First pitch is 1:10 PM CT for the rubber game, and the pitching matchup is closer on paper than the records suggest. Sheehan is 3-3 with a 4.70 ERA, Fedde is 1-5 with a 4.69, and the gap between them right now is mostly about who threw the ball better last time out.
Sheehan is the one with the red flag. His last start against the Angels on June 7 was a 1.1-inning, 49-pitch disaster — 3 hits, 2 walks, 2 earned, charged with the loss. Fedde, meanwhile, has been quietly fine: 5 shutout innings on 61 pitches in Minnesota on June 3, and per White Sox beat coverage he's allowed just 1 earned over his last 10 innings. The Dodgers are still favored, but they're sending the shakier arm.
The series has been a coin flip. Chicago jumped LA 8-2 on Friday, then Yoshinobu Yamamoto carried a perfect game into the 7th on Saturday in a 7-1 Dodgers win that flipped the entire weekend. The White Sox at 37-32 are the surprise here — they're playing legit baseball and just took 2 of 3 from the Braves before this. The Dodgers at 45-26 are still the Dodgers, but they've gone 3-2 over their last 5 and dropped one in Pittsburgh that they had no business losing.
The injury sheet is also doing a lot of work in this one. LA is without Will Smith (neck, 10-day IL), Teoscar Hernandez (hamstring), Kiké Hernandez (oblique tear, 6-to-8 weeks), Blake Snell and Tyler Glasnow on the 60-day, plus Edwin Diaz and Evan Phillips out of the bullpen. Tommy Edman is reportedly close — Dave Roberts floated Tuesday as a possible return — but he doesn't help today. The White Sox are missing Kyle Teel, Austin Hays, and Munetaka Murakami, though Teel is also reportedly close to a rehab assignment.
- Day-To-DayMiguel Rojas SS — Rojas will consider continuing his playing career in 2027, but only if the Dodgers win the World Series this season, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports.
- Day-To-DayJustin Wrobleski SP — Manager Dave Roberts said Thursday that Wrobleski (hamstring) is expected to be able to make his next start, Maddie Lee of the Los Angeles Times reports.
- Day-To-DayChris Campos SP
- 10-Day-ILWill Smith C — The Dodgers will place Smith (neck) on the 10-day injured list Thursday, Bill Plunkett of The Orange County Register reports.
- 10-Day-ILTeoscar Hernandez LF — Hernandez (hamstring) said Saturday that he expects to return from the injured list in about a month, Jack Harris of the California Post reports.
- 10-Day-ILEnrique Hernandez 1B — Hernandez is expected to be out for 6-to-8 weeks after sustaining a "significant tear" of his left oblique during Tuesday's 15-6 win over the Rockies, Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reports.
- 15-Day-ILBrock Stewart RP — Stewart (foot) will begin a rehab assignment at Single-A Ontario on Friday.
- 60-Day-ILTyler Glasnow SP — Glasnow (back) is "beginning to feel better," and he may be able to resume playing catch soon, per MLB.com.
- Day-To-DayTim Elko 1B — no
- Day-To-DayMason Adams RP — The White Sox announced that Adams underwent successful Tommy John surgery Wednesday, Scott Merkin of MLB.com reports.
- 10-Day-ILMunetaka Murakami 1B — White Sox manager Will Venable said Monday that Murakami (hamstring) stayed back in Chicago during the team's road trip and was given a platelet-rich plasma injection, James Fegan of SoxMachine.com reports.
- 15-Day-ILJordan Hicks RP — Hicks (lat) will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Charlotte on Saturday, James Fegan of SoxMachine.com reports.
- 15-Day-ILNoah Schultz SP — Schultz (knee) threw a bullpen session Wednesday, James Fegan of SoxMachine.com reports.
- 15-Day-ILTyler Gilbert RP — The White Sox placed Gilbert on the 15-day injured list Wednesday with a left shoulder impingement.
- 60-Day-ILKyle Teel C — White Sox manager Will Venable said Friday that Teel (knee/hamstring) will embark on a rehab assignment soon and is working toward returning from the 60-day injured list in the next few days, Bruce Levine of 670TheScore.com reports.
- 60-Day-ILAustin Hays LF — Hays has been pulled off his rehab assignment at Triple-A Charlotte due to a recurrence of left calf soreness, Scott Merkin of MLB.com reports.
The read on Sunday is whether you trust Fedde's recent form to hang with a depleted but still loaded LA lineup, or whether Sheehan bounces back from a 1.1-inning meltdown the way good arms usually do. Pinnacle has the Dodgers at -180 with a total of 9.5, which says the market is taking the Dodgers' name over Fedde's last two outings. Day game, get-away spot, rubber match — pretty good Sunday baseball if you've got an hour to kill.