White Sox face the Red Sox with 1-0 series lead

Boston Red Sox (7-8, third in the AL East) vs. Chicago White Sox (3-10, fifth in the AL Central)

Chicago; Saturday, 4:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Richard Fitts (0-2, 4.50 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, eight strikeouts); White Sox: Martin Perez (1-0, 0.73 ERA, 0.73 WHIP, 13 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red Sox -158, White Sox +133; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox lead 1-0 in a three-game series against the Boston Red Sox.

Chicago is 3-4 in home games and 3-10 overall. The White Sox are 2-0 in games when they hit at least two home runs.

Boston has a 3-5 record in road games and a 7-8 record overall. The Red Sox have the seventh-ranked team slugging percentage in the AL at .380.

The teams play Saturday for the second time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Lenyn Sosa leads the White Sox with a .250 batting average, and has two doubles, a home run, a walk and five RBI. Andrew Benintendi is 9-for-31 with two home runs and six RBI over the last 10 games.

Alex Bregman has six doubles, two home runs and 12 RBI while hitting .290 for the Red Sox. Rafael Devers is 15-for-37 with five doubles and a home run over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: White Sox: 2-8, .215 batting average, 4.60 ERA, outscored by seven runs

Red Sox: 6-4, .277 batting average, 3.68 ERA, outscored opponents by four runs

INJURIES: White Sox: Austin Slater: day-to-day (undisclosed), Fraser Ellard: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Mike Tauchman: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Korey Lee: 10-Day IL (ankle), Andrew Benintendi: 10-Day IL (adductor), 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)

Red Sox: 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 Crawford: 15-Day IL (knee), Lucas Giolito: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Chris Murphy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Liam Hendriks: 15-Day IL (elbow), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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