White Sox host the Tigers in first of 4-game series

Detroit Tigers (72-80, third in the AL Central) vs. Chicago White Sox (77-75, second in the AL Central)

Chicago; Thursday, 7:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Tigers: Framber Valdez (10-10, 4.01 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 121 strikeouts); White Sox: Erick Fedde (8-9, 3.97 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 91 strikeouts)

LINE: White Sox -129, Tigers +107; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox host the Detroit Tigers on Thursday to start a four-game series.

Chicago is 77-75 overall and 43-31 in home games. White Sox hitters have a collective .319 on-base percentage, the 10th-best percentage in MLB play.

Detroit has gone 33-44 on the road and 72-80 overall. Tigers pitchers have a collective 3.65 ERA, which ranks third in the AL.

The teams match up Thursday for the 10th time this season. The White Sox are ahead 6-3 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Munetaka Murakami leads the White Sox with 31 home runs while slugging .459. Randal Grichuk is 13 for 29 with two doubles, a triple, two home runs and five RBIs over the last 10 games.

Dillon Dingler leads the Tigers with 27 home runs while slugging .451. Kevin McGonigle is 11 for 37 with three home runs and six RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: White Sox: 3-7, .220 batting average, 3.97 ERA, outscored by six runs

Tigers: 7-3, .247 batting average, 2.93 ERA, outscored opponents by 25 runs

INJURIES: White Sox: Colson Montgomery: day-to-day (wrist), Tanner Murray: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Huascar Brazoban: 15-Day IL (lat), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Prelander Berroa: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Leasure: 60-Day IL (flexor), Joey Bart: 10-Day IL (hand), Brooks Baldwin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Mike Vasil: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Tigers: Jack Flaherty: 15-Day IL (flexor), Wenceel Perez: 60-Day IL (face), Matt Vierling: 60-Day IL (thigh), Reese Olson: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Bailey Horn: 60-Day IL (elbow), Burch Smith: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Justin Verlander: 60-Day IL (hip), Parker Meadows: 60-Day IL (head/arm), Kerry Carpenter: 10-Day IL (heel), Will Vest: 60-Day IL (elbow), Trey Sweeney: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

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