White Sox bring road win streak into game against the Rays
Tampa, Florida; Monday, 7:35 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Sean Burke (4-8, 4.36 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 80 strikeouts); Rays: Shane Baz (8-5, 4.17 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 107 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rays -224, White Sox +183; over/under is 9 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox will try to keep a three-game road win streak going when they visit the Tampa Bay Rays.
Tampa Bay has a 52-48 record overall and a 30-26 record at home. Rays hitters have a collective .406 slugging percentage to rank ninth in the AL.
Chicago is 14-36 in road games and 35-65 overall. The White Sox are 13-7 in games when they hit two or more home runs.
Monday's game is the first time these teams square off this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Yandy Diaz has 19 doubles, a triple, 15 home runs and 57 RBIs for the Rays. Junior Caminero is 11 for 42 with a double, four home runs and eight RBIs over the past 10 games.
Miguel Vargas has 25 doubles, two triples and 11 home runs while hitting .222 for the White Sox. Luis Robert is 10 for 29 with a double and two home runs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 3-7, .238 batting average, 3.64 ERA, outscored opponents by one run
White Sox: 5-5, .228 batting average, 3.89 ERA, outscored opponents by six runs
INJURIES: Rays: Brandon Lowe: day-to-day (foot), Hunter Bigge: 60-Day IL (lat), Richie Palacios: 60-Day IL (knee), Manuel Rodriguez: 15-Day IL (forearm), Jonny Deluca: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Shane McClanahan: 60-Day IL (tricep), Alex Faedo: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Nathan Lavender: 60-Day IL (elbow)
White Sox: Shane Smith: 15-Day IL (ankle), Tim Elko: 10-Day IL (knee), Ryan Noda: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Davis Martin: 15-Day IL (forearm), Jared Shuster: 15-Day IL (hand), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Miguel Castro: 60-Day IL (knee), Martin Perez: 60-Day IL (forearm), Drew Thorpe: 60-Day IL (elbow), Prelander Berroa: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jesse Scholtens: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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