Associated Press
Chicago White Sox (30-94, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Houston Astros (66-56, first in the AL West)
Houston; Sunday, 2:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Ky Bush (0-1, 5.19 ERA, 2.31 WHIP, five strikeouts); Astros: Framber Valdez (12-5, 3.37 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 122 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Astros -400, White Sox +318; over/under is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: Both the Houston Astros and the Chicago White Sox are looking for a series win with a victory on Sunday.
Houston has gone 33-27 at home and 66-56 overall. The Astros are 49-5 in games when they scored five or more runs.
Chicago is 30-94 overall and 12-50 on the road. The White Sox have a 22-39 record in games when they record eight or more hits.
Sunday’s game is the sixth time these teams square off this season. The Astros are ahead 3-2 in the season series.
TOP PERFORMERS: Yordan Alvarez has 28 doubles, two triples and 25 home runs while hitting .306 for the Astros. Alex Bregman is 16-for-45 with four doubles and five home runs over the past 10 games.
Gavin Sheets has 24 doubles, a triple, eight home runs and 38 RBI for the White Sox. Andrew Benintendi is 12-for-40 with three doubles and four home runs over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Astros: 9-1, .288 batting average, 2.47 ERA, outscored opponents by 28 runs
White Sox: 3-7, .252 batting average, 4.55 ERA, outscored by nine runs
INJURIES: Astros: Ryan Pressly: 15-Day IL (back), Alex Bregman: day-to-day (elbow), Kyle Tucker: 60-Day IL (shin), Justin Verlander: 15-Day IL (neck), Cristian Javier: 60-Day IL (forearm), Jose Urquidy: 60-Day IL (forearm), Oliver Ortega: 60-Day IL (elbow), Bennett Sousa: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Penn Murfee: 60-Day IL (elbow), Luis Garcia: 60-Day IL (elbow), Lance McCullers Jr.: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kendall Graveman: 60-Day IL (elbow)
White Sox: Mike Clevinger: 60-Day IL (elbow), Steven Wilson: 15-Day IL (back), Dominic Leone: 60-Day IL (elbow), Drew Thorpe: 15-Day IL (flexor), Max Stassi: 60-Day IL (hip), Jordan Leasure: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Mike Soroka: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Yoan Moncada: 60-Day IL (abductor), Jimmy Lambert: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jesse Scholtens: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
