Cleveland Guardians manager Stephen Vogt had to come up with a plan when his team began a stretch of 17 games in 17 days on Aug. 29.

As a result, Vogt opted to employ a six-man rotation to get through the grueling late-season schedule. It will continue Saturday evening as Cleveland (76-71) hosts the Chicago White Sox (57-91).

Guardians left-hander Parker Messick (2-0, 1.93 ERA) will face White Sox right-hander Davis Martin (6-9, 4.03 ERA) in the middle contest of the three-game series.

"As a player or manager, this is the first time I've experienced it," Vogt said. "When the idea got brought up, it just kept making more and more sense with this particular group of pitchers for this particular stretch at this time."

The results have been impressive, especially on an ongoing seven-game h

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