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White Sox face Sabathia in finale at Yankee Stadium

Apr 28, 2011 - 3:04 PM (Sports Network) - The Chicago White Sox have always had their problems when facing CC Sabathia. That hasn't changed during his tenure with the New York Yankees.

Sabathia will try to pick up his second victory of the season tonight and pitch the Yankees to a split of their four-game series with the visiting White Sox.

The 30-year-old Sabathia is 16-4 with a 3.82 earned run average in 29 career starts versus the White Sox and he hasn't lost to them since May 20, 2008 while still with the Indians. Though Chicago has been able to get to him a bit over the last few seasons, Sabathia is still 2-0 in three starts against the White Sox while with the Yankees despite a 5.14 earned run average. He has also struck out 24 over 21 innings in that span.

The former first-round pick didn't get his first win of this season until last time out on Saturday in Baltimore. Making his fifth start of 2011, Sabathia pitched a season-best eight innings and gave up three runs on six hits with seven strikeouts in a 15-3 triumph.

The southpaw is 1-1 with a 2.73 ERA on the season.

Sabathia may need to threw another quality gem tonight given that the White Sox and Yankees have combined for just 11 runs over the first three games of this set. Chicago took the first two, but New York battled back with a 3-1 victory last night in the Bronx.

Bartolo Colon made just his second start in nearly two years, but picked up a second straight victory by allowing one run on seven hits over eight innings. He got all the offense he would need -- and get -- courtesy of a three-run homer by Robinson Cano in the first inning.

"Every time he's been on the mound, he's given us a chance to win," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said of Colon. "His production has been key."

New York first baseman Mark Teixeira left last night's game early due to a sore right shoulder, but he doesn't believe the ailment to be serious.

"It's not a shooting pain anywhere," Teixeira told New York's official website. "That's when you have to get worried. It's just really sore."

Chicago fell to 3-11 in its last 14 games and has scored four runs or more just twice in that span. Now 3-7 on an 11-game road trip, frustration boiled over for manager Ozzie Guillen, who was ejected between the top and bottom of the first inning for arguing with home plate umpire Todd Tichenor.

Mark Buehrle failed in yet another attempt to capture the 150th win of his career, giving up Cano's homer and six hits in all over seven innings.

Chicago has lost nine of its last 13 versus New York and is 3-6 all-time at new Yankee Stadium.

Edwin Jackson gets a chance to pitch the White Sox to their first series win in the Bronx since 2005 as he tries to avoid a third straight losing start.

The right-hander has given up 11 earned runs and 23 hits in back-to-back losses, yielding eight runs -- seven earned -- on 12 hits and four walks over 5 2/3 innings of a 9-0 setback in Detroit on Saturday. It marked Jackson's second straight start in which the White Sox failed to score a run.

"Guys have bad outings. They just happen," Chicago catcher A.J. Pierzynski said of Jackson. "But he battled."

Jackson, 27, is 2-2 with a 4.88 ERA in five starts this season, and 2-5 with a 4.83 ERA in 15 career games (11 starts) versus the Yankees.

Derek Jeter, who is 52 hits away from 3,000 for his career, is 11-for-31 (.355) lifetime against Jackson with a homer and four RBI, while Alex Rodriguez is 9-for-22 (.435) when facing him with three homers and nine RBI.