Rays and White Sox meet to decide series winner
Chicago White Sox (36-66, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (53-49, fourth in the AL East)
Tampa, Florida; Wednesday, 7:35 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Jonathan Cannon (4-7, 4.18 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 63 strikeouts); Rays: Taj Bradley (6-6, 4.35 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 95 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rays -209, White Sox +173; over/under is 9 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays and Chicago White Sox meet on Wednesday with the winner claiming the three-game series.
Tampa Bay is 53-49 overall and 31-27 in home games. The Rays are 24-8 in games when they did not give up a home run.
Chicago is 15-37 on the road and 36-66 overall. The White Sox are 14-7 in games when they hit at least two home runs.
The teams play Wednesday for the third time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Junior Caminero leads the Rays with 25 home runs while slugging .512. Yandy Diaz is 12 for 39 with a double, two home runs and six RBIs over the past 10 games.
Luis Robert has nine doubles and 10 home runs for the White Sox. Lenyn Sosa is 8 for 39 with a double and two home runs over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 4-6, .233 batting average, 3.76 ERA, outscored opponents by three runs
White Sox: 6-4, .234 batting average, 2.84 ERA, outscored opponents by 19 runs
INJURIES: Rays: Brandon Lowe: 10-Day IL (foot), Manuel Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (forearm), Ha-Seong Kim: day-to-day (back), Hunter Bigge: 60-Day IL (lat), Richie Palacios: 60-Day IL (knee), 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: Prelander Berroa: 60-Day IL (elbow), Shane Smith: 15-Day IL (ankle), Tim Elko: 10-Day IL (knee), Ryan Noda: 10-Day IL (quadricep), 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), 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.
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