White Sox bring 3-game road win streak into matchup with the Blue Jays

Chicago White Sox (51-45, first in the AL Central) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (45-52, fifth in the AL East)

Toronto; Saturday, 3:07 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Davis Martin (9-4, 3.41 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 92 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Shane Bieber (0-1, 7.64 ERA, 2.04 WHIP, 13 strikeouts)

LINE: White Sox -116, Blue Jays -106; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox will try to keep a three-game road win streak alive when they visit the Toronto Blue Jays.

Toronto is 45-52 overall and 24-26 in home games. The Blue Jays have a 24-38 record in games when they have given up at least one home run.

Chicago is 51-45 overall and 20-28 on the road. The White Sox have the seventh-best team slugging percentage in MLB play at .414.

The teams square off Saturday for the fifth time this season. The White Sox are ahead 4-0 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has 14 doubles and six home runs while hitting .262 for the Blue Jays. Kazuma Okamoto is 8 for 38 with a double and three home runs over the last 10 games.

Colson Montgomery has 17 doubles, 23 home runs and 56 RBIs for the White Sox. Tristan Peters is 12 for 29 with two doubles, a triple and two home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jays: 4-6, .207 batting average, 5.19 ERA, outscored by 14 runs

White Sox: 6-4, .237 batting average, 3.00 ERA, outscored opponents by 19 runs

INJURIES: Blue Jays: Yimi Garcia: 60-Day IL (elbow), Max Scherzer: 15-Day IL (back), Addison Barger: 10-Day IL (elbow), Jesus Sanchez: 10-Day IL (ankle), Lenyn Sosa: 10-Day IL (wrist), Joe Mantiply: 60-Day IL (knee), Jose Berrios: 60-Day IL (elbow), Cody Ponce: 60-Day IL (knee), Anthony Santander: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Bowden Francis: 60-Day IL (elbow)

White Sox: Everson Pereira: 7-Day IL (concussion), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Drew Thorpe: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tyler Gilbert: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Jordan Leasure: 60-Day IL (flexor), Prelander Berroa: 60-Day IL (elbow), Austin Hays: 60-Day IL (calf), Tanner Murray: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Brooks Baldwin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Mike Vasil: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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