{"id":748176,"date":"2026-07-07T08:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T08:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/748176\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T08:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T08:51:08","slug":"white-sox-host-the-red-sox-to-begin-3-game-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/748176\/","title":{"rendered":"White Sox host the Red Sox to begin 3-game series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boston Red Sox<\/a> (40-48, fifth in the AL East) vs. Chicago White Sox<\/a> (47-42, first in the AL Central)<\/p>\n

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

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

LINE: Red Sox -128, White Sox +105; over\/under is 8 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox open a three-game series at home against the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The matchup Tuesday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Sam Antonacci<\/a> has 12 doubles, two triples, five home runs and 25 RBI for the White Sox. Miguel Vargas<\/a> is 11 for 37 with five doubles and three home runs over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

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

LAST 10 GAMES: White Sox: 6-4, .277 batting average, 3.27 ERA, outscored opponents by 29 runs<\/p>\n

Red Sox: 8-2, .241 batting average, 3.46 ERA, outscored opponents by 12 runs<\/p>\n

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

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