White Sox visit the Guardians to start 4-game series

Chicago White Sox (45-40, first in the AL Central) vs. Cleveland Guardians (45-42, second in the AL Central)

Cleveland; Thursday, 6:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Davis Martin (9-3, 3.00 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 90 strikeouts); Guardians: Slade Cecconi (4-6, 4.18 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 70 strikeouts)

LINE: White Sox -121, Guardians -101; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians host the Chicago White Sox on Thursday to begin a four-game series.

Cleveland is 45-42 overall and 22-20 in home games. The Guardians are 19-8 in games when they did not give up a home run.

Chicago is 45-40 overall and 17-26 in road games. The White Sox have the second-ranked team slugging percentage in the AL at .416.

The matchup Thursday is the fourth meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Brayan Rocchio has five home runs, 25 walks and 34 RBIs while hitting .270 for the Guardians. Kahlil Watson is 12 for 32 with three doubles, a home run and eight RBIs over the last 10 games.

Colson Montgomery leads the White Sox with 21 home runs while slugging .482. Miguel Vargas is 11 for 37 with three home runs and eight RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Guardians: 4-6, .225 batting average, 3.47 ERA, outscored by two runs

White Sox: 6-4, .269 batting average, 2.90 ERA, outscored opponents by 28 runs

INJURIES: Guardians: Angel Martinez: 10-Day IL (foot), Jose Ramirez: 10-Day IL (hand)

White Sox: Munetaka Murakami: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Everson Pereira: 7-Day IL (concussion), Tyler Gilbert: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Austin Hays: 60-Day IL (calf), Jordan Leasure: 60-Day IL (flexor), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Drew Thorpe: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tanner Murray: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Brooks Baldwin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Mike Vasil: 60-Day IL (elbow), Prelander Berroa: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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