White Sox visit the Rays to begin 3-game series

Chicago White Sox (57-51, first in the AL Central) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (64-44, first in the AL East)

St. Petersburg, Florida; Friday, 7:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Erick Fedde (5-6, 4.25 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 68 strikeouts); Rays: Nick Martinez (10-2, 2.45 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 67 strikeouts)

LINE: Rays -154, White Sox +125; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays host the Chicago White Sox to open a three-game series.

Tampa Bay is 40-16 in home games and 64-44 overall. The Rays have the sixth-ranked team slugging percentage in the AL at .403.

Chicago is 23-30 on the road and 57-51 overall. White Sox hitters have a collective .317 on-base percentage, the sixth-ranked percentage in the AL.

The teams match up Friday for the fourth time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Junior Caminero leads the Rays with 29 home runs while slugging .541. Victor Mesa Jr. is 7 for 30 with three home runs and five RBIs over the last 10 games.

Sam Antonacci has 14 doubles, two triples, eight home runs and 32 RBIs for the White Sox. Munetaka Murakami is 11 for 37 with three doubles and three home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 8-2, .276 batting average, 1.62 ERA, outscored opponents by 29 runs

White Sox: 5-5, .223 batting average, 4.40 ERA, outscored by two runs

INJURIES: Rays: Shane McClanahan: day-to-day (back), Cole Sulser: 15-Day IL (back), Jake Fraley: 10-Day IL (groin), Steven Wilson: 60-Day IL (back), Manuel Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Gavin Lux: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jon Heasley: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ryan Pepiot: 60-Day IL (hip), Edwin Uceta: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

White Sox: Jordan Leasure: 60-Day IL (flexor), Austin Hays: 60-Day IL (calf), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Drew Thorpe: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tyler Gilbert: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Prelander Berroa: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kyle Teel: 10-Day IL (ankle), 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.