White Sox bring road skid into matchup with the Orioles

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Chicago White Sox (43-39, first in the AL Central) vs. Baltimore Orioles (39-46, fourth in the AL East)

Baltimore; Monday, 6:35 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Sean Burke (5-4, 3.71 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 87 strikeouts); Orioles: Shane Baz (4-8, 4.31 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 81 strikeouts)

LINE: Orioles -138, White Sox +113; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox will aim to break a three-game road slide when they visit the Baltimore Orioles.

Baltimore is 23-21 at home and 39-46 overall. The Orioles are 18-6 in games when they did not give up a home run.

Chicago has gone 15-25 in road games and 43-39 overall. The White Sox have the eighth-ranked team batting average in the AL at .242.

Monday's game is the fourth meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Taylor Ward has a .256 batting average to lead the Orioles, and has 18 doubles and five home runs. Pete Alonso is 9 for 35 with three home runs and 10 RBIs over the last 10 games.

Miguel Vargas has 14 doubles, a triple, 19 home runs and 52 RBIs for the White Sox. Randal Grichuk is 6 for 24 with two doubles, three home runs and three RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Orioles: 4-6, .221 batting average, 2.95 ERA, outscored opponents by seven runs

White Sox: 5-5, .254 batting average, 2.63 ERA, outscored opponents by 21 runs

INJURIES: Orioles: Ryan Mountcastle: 60-Day IL (foot), Dean Kremer: 60-Day IL (quadricep), Yaramil Hiraldo: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Chris Bassitt: 15-Day IL (back), Zach Eflin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Felix Bautista: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Colin Selby: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jordan Westburg: 60-Day IL (ucl)

White Sox: Everson Pereira: 7-Day IL (concussion), Tyler Gilbert: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Noah Schultz: 15-Day IL (knee), Austin Hays: 60-Day IL (calf), Munetaka Murakami: 10-Day IL (hamstring), 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.