{"id":831135,"date":"2026-07-29T11:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/831135\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T11:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:24:09","slug":"yankees-play-the-white-sox-with-2-0-series-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/831135\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees play the White Sox with 2-0 series lead"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Yankees<\/a> (61-46, second in the AL East) vs. Chicago White Sox<\/a> (55-51, first in the AL Central)<\/p>\n

Chicago; Wednesday, 7:40 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

PITCHING PROBABLES: Yankees: Cam Schlittler<\/a> (10-6, 2.07 ERA, 0.93 WHIP, 157 strikeouts); White Sox: Davis Martin<\/a> (9-5, 3.49 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 100 strikeouts)<\/p>\n

LINE: Yankees -149, White Sox +122; over\/under is 7 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees lead 2-0 in a four-game series against the Chicago White Sox.<\/p>\n

Chicago has a 32-21 record at home and a 55-51 record overall. The White Sox have gone 38-14 in games when they scored five or more runs.<\/p>\n

New York has gone 35-23 in road games and 61-46 overall. The Yankees have the sixth-best team slugging percentage in the majors at .416.<\/p>\n

Wednesday’s game is the sixth time these teams square off this season. The Yankees hold a 4-1 advantage in the season series.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Colson Montgomery<\/a> leads the White Sox with 24 home runs while slugging .459. Braden Montgomery<\/a> is 12 for 35 with two doubles, a triple and four RBI over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Jazz Chisholm has 14 doubles, two triples, 16 home runs and 45 RBI for the Yankees. Ben Rice<\/a> is 8 for 41 with two doubles and two home runs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: White Sox: 4-6, .227 batting average, 4.40 ERA, outscored by two runs<\/p>\n

Yankees: 7-3, .207 batting average, 3.60 ERA, outscored by one run<\/p>\n

INJURIES: White Sox: Jordan Leasure<\/a>: 60-Day IL (flexor), Austin Hays<\/a>: 60-Day IL (calf), Ky Bush<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Drew Thorpe<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tyler Gilbert: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Prelander Berroa<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kyle Teel<\/a>: 10-Day IL (ankle), Tanner Murray<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Brooks Baldwin<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Mike Vasil<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n

Yankees: Cody Bellinger<\/a>: 10-Day IL (leg), Carlos Rodon: 15-Day IL (elbow), Aaron Judge<\/a>: 60-Day IL (rib), Giancarlo Stanton<\/a>: 10-Day IL (leg), Clarke Schmidt<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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