Rangers play the White Sox in first of 3-game series

Chicago White Sox (23-46, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Texas Rangers (33-36, fourth in the AL West)

Arlington, Texas; Friday, 8:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Adrian Houser (0-0); Rangers: TBD

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rangers -295, White Sox +240; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Texas Rangers host the Chicago White Sox on Friday to begin a three-game series.

Texas has a 33-36 record overall and a 20-13 record in home games. Rangers pitchers have a collective 3.17 ERA, which ranks second in MLB play.

Chicago is 7-28 on the road and 23-46 overall. The White Sox have gone 4-17 in games decided by one run.

The teams meet Friday for the fourth time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Josh Smith has nine doubles, a triple, six home runs and 19 RBIs while hitting .284 for the Rangers. Marcus Semien is 13 for 36 with three doubles and three home runs over the past 10 games.

Andrew Benintendi has seven doubles, a triple, six home runs and 23 RBIs for the White Sox. Mike Tauchman is 5 for 32 with two doubles and two home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 5-5, .256 batting average, 3.38 ERA, outscored opponents by 27 runs

White Sox: 5-5, .234 batting average, 4.75 ERA, outscored by six runs

INJURIES: Rangers: Jake Latz: day-to-day (hand), Nathan Eovaldi: 15-Day IL (tricep), Joc Pederson: 10-Day IL (hand), Cody Bradford: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jon Gray: 60-Day IL (wrist), Josh Sborz: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

White Sox: Jared Shuster: 15-Day IL (hand), Fraser Ellard: 60-Day IL (lat), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Lenyn Sosa: 10-Day IL (hip), Miguel Castro: 60-Day IL (knee), Jonathan Cannon: 15-Day IL (back), Tyler Gilbert: 15-Day IL (knee), Martin Perez: 60-Day IL (forearm), Drew Thorpe: 60-Day IL (elbow), Prelander Berroa: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jesse Scholtens: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.