White Sox host the Red Sox to begin 3-game series

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Boston Red Sox (40-48, fifth in the AL East) vs. Chicago White Sox (47-42, first in the AL Central)

Chicago; Tuesday, 7:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Payton Tolle (4-6, 3.39 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 74 strikeouts); White Sox: Noah Schultz (2-5, 5.86 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 40 strikeouts)

LINE: Red Sox -128, White Sox +105; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox open a three-game series at home against the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday.

Chicago has a 47-42 record overall and a 28-14 record at home. The White Sox have the seventh-best team slugging percentage in MLB play at .417.

Boston is 40-48 overall and 23-21 in road games. The Red Sox are 19-35 in games when they have given up a home run.

The matchup Tuesday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams.

TOP PERFORMERS: Sam Antonacci has 12 doubles, two triples, five home runs and 25 RBIs for the White Sox. Miguel Vargas is 11 for 37 with five doubles and three home runs over the past 10 games.

Willson Contreras leads the Red Sox with 37 extra base hits (15 doubles, two triples and 20 home runs). Caleb Durbin is 9 for 35 with a double, three home runs and seven RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: White Sox: 6-4, .277 batting average, 3.27 ERA, outscored opponents by 29 runs

Red Sox: 8-2, .241 batting average, 3.46 ERA, outscored opponents by 12 runs

INJURIES: White Sox: Drew Thorpe: 60-Day IL (elbow), Munetaka Murakami: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Prelander Berroa: 60-Day IL (elbow), Everson Pereira: 7-Day IL (concussion), Tyler Gilbert: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Austin Hays: 60-Day IL (calf), Jordan Leasure: 60-Day IL (flexor), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tanner Murray: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Brooks Baldwin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Mike Vasil: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Red Sox: Ranger Suarez: day-to-day (leg), Kutter Crawford: 60-Day IL (wrist), Johan Oviedo: 60-Day IL (elbow), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (knee), Nick Sogard: 10-Day IL (oblique), Connelly Early: 15-Day IL (elbow), Trevor Story: 60-Day IL (abdomen), Isiah Kiner-Falefa: 10-Day IL (forearm), Roman Anthony: 60-Day IL (wrist), Marcelo Mayer: 10-Day IL (forearm), Garrett Crochet: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Tanner Houck: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.