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Sabathia looks to continue dominance of White Sox

Aug 8, 2007 - 1:24 PM Cleveland (64-49) at Chi White Sox (52-60) 8:11 pm EDT

CHICAGO (Ticker) -- There's something about seeing the Chicago White Sox in the other dugout that brings out the best in C.C. Sabathia.

Sabathia (14-6, 3.56 ERA) takes his second shot at becoming the majors' first 15-game winner as the Cleveland Indians continue their three-game series with the White Sox on Wednesday.

Sabathia has won four straight starts against the White Sox, and is 6-0 with a 1.88 ERA in his last seven starts against them. In addition, the burly lefthander has a career record of 14-3 - the most wins he has against any opponent and is 7-0 with a 2.70 ERA in 10 games here.

The 27-year-old has allowed just four runs in 14 innings in two wins over Chicago this season. He allowed two runs and eight hits in six innings of a 5-2 win over Minnesota on Friday.

All of this points to Sabathia helping the Indians maintain their one-half game lead over the Detroit Tigers (63-49) in the American League Central Division.

Meanwhile, Chicago managed just two hits in Tuesday's 2-1 loss, which snapped its four-game winning streak.

Jon Garland (8-7, 4.60) takes the hill looking to start a new streak. Garland will also be trying to rebound from his worst start of the season after the righthander was rocked for eight runs and nine hits in 1 1/3 innings against New York on Thursday.