{"id":607161,"date":"2026-04-26T08:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T08:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/607161\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T08:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T08:54:08","slug":"white-sox-and-nationals-meet-to-decide-series-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/607161\/","title":{"rendered":"White Sox and Nationals meet to decide series winner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington Nationals<\/a> (12-16, third in the NL East) vs. Chicago White Sox<\/a> (11-16, fourth in the AL Central)<\/p>\n

Chicago; Sunday, 2:10 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

PITCHING PROBABLES: Nationals: Foster Griffin<\/a> (3-0, 3.37 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 22 strikeouts); White Sox: Bryan Hudson<\/a> (0-0, 1.54 ERA, 1.63 WHIP, 15 strikeouts)<\/p>\n

LINE: White Sox -129, Nationals +109; over\/under is 8 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Both the Chicago White Sox and the Washington Nationals are looking for a series win with a victory on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The White Sox are 11-16 overall and 4-7 at home. The White Sox have hit 33 total home runs to rank eighth in MLB play.<\/p>\n

The Nationals have a 12-16 record overall and a 9-6 record on the road. The Nationals are 9-3 in games when they out-hit their opponents.<\/p>\n

The teams meet Sunday for the third time this season.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Miguel Vargas<\/a> has four doubles, a triple and five home runs for the White Sox. Munetaka Murakami<\/a> is 14 for 41 with six home runs and 11 RBI over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

James Wood<\/a> has six doubles and 10 home runs while hitting .241 for the Nationals. Daylen Lile<\/a> is 11 for 37 with three doubles and three home runs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: White Sox: 5-5, .279 batting average, 4.84 ERA, outscored opponents by five runs<\/p>\n

Nationals: 4-6, .218 batting average, 4.69 ERA, outscored by five runs<\/p>\n

INJURIES: White Sox: Chris Murphy: 15-Day IL (elbow), Ky Bush<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kyle Teel<\/a>: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Drew Thorpe: 15-Day IL (elbow), Brooks Baldwin<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jonathan Cannon: 15-Day IL (hip), Mike Vasil<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Prelander Berroa<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Austin Hays<\/a>: 10-Day IL (hamstring)<\/p>\n

Nationals: Trevor Williams<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ken Waldichuk<\/a>: 60-Day IL (forearm), Josiah Gray<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Cole Henry: 15-Day IL (shoulder), DJ Herz<\/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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