Red Sox face the White Sox leading series 2-1

Chicago White Sox (5-16, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Boston Red Sox (12-11, third in the AL East)

Boston; Monday, 11:10 a.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Jonathan Cannon (0-2, 4.42 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, 18 strikeouts); Red Sox: Walker Anthony Buehler (2-1, 5.23 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 17 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red Sox -294, White Sox +236; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox lead 2-1 in a four-game series against the Chicago White Sox.

Boston has a 12-11 record overall and a 6-4 record at home. The Red Sox have a 7-1 record in games when they scored five or more runs.

Chicago has gone 1-8 in road games and 5-16 overall. The White Sox have gone 1-6 in games decided by one run.

Monday's game is the seventh meeting between these teams this season. The season series is tied 3-3.

TOP PERFORMERS: Trevor Story leads the Red Sox with five home runs while slugging .518. Jarren Duran is 10-for-43 with a double, a home run and four RBI over the last 10 games.

Andrew Vaughn leads the White Sox with five extra base hits (two doubles and three home runs). Luis Robert is 5-for-34 with two home runs and five RBI over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 6-4, .231 batting average, 4.24 ERA, outscored by 15 runs

White Sox: 3-7, .193 batting average, 5.01 ERA, outscored by 19 runs

INJURIES: Red Sox: Richard Fitts: 15-Day IL (pectoral), Connor Wong: 10-Day IL (hand), Brayan Bello: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Zach Penrod: 60-Day IL (elbow), Masataka Yoshida: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Kutter Martin Crawford: 15-Day IL (knee), Lucas Giolito: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Chris Murphy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow)

White Sox: Martin Perez: 15-Day IL (forearm), Austin Slater: 10-Day IL (knee), Fraser Ellard: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Mike Tauchman: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Korey Lee: 10-Day IL (ankle), Drew Thorpe: 60-Day IL (elbow), Josh Rojas: 10-Day IL (toe), Prelander Berroa: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ky Bush: 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.