Game Thread: White Sox (0-1) at Brewers (1-0)

Milwaukee—One of baseball’s enduring truths is that the slate is wiped clean every 24 hours, and the Chicago White Sox will cling to that axiom Tuesday night when they face the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field. After a season-opening loss that featured record-setting futility, the White Sox will hand the ball to right-hander Sean Burke, who logged a 4.22 ERA with 133 strikeouts in 134 1/3 innings a year ago and posted similar numbers this spring (4.58 ERA, 16 strikeouts in 17 2/3 frames). Burke’s mission: pitch deeper than the 1 2/3 innings Shane Smith managed in Monday’s debacle.

Milwaukee counters with sophomore righty Chad Patrick, whose 2025 résumé includes a 3.53 ERA and 127 punch-outs in 119 2/3 innings. Patrick will lean heavily on a cutter-heavy mix against a re-shuffled White Sox lineup that features Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami in the cleanup spot after he homered and drew two walks—one of the few bright spots on a day the rest of the roster combined for 20 strikeouts.

Defensively, manager Pedro Grifaldo opted for a round of musical chairs despite solid glove work in the opener: Luisangel Acuña slides from center to short, top prospect Colson Montgomery moves to third, Lenyn Sosa becomes the designated hitter, Andrew Benintendi shifts from DH to left field, Tristan Peters debuts in center, and veteran Reese McGuire gets the call behind the plate.

The Brewers, fresh off a 14-run outburst, will trot out virtually the same batting order. First pitch is set for 6:10 p.m. Central with the roof closed and temperatures hovering in the low 40s.