White Sox visit the Tigers on 5-game road win streak

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Chicago White Sox (54-88, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Detroit Tigers (81-61, first in the AL Central)

Detroit; Saturday, 6:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Martin Perez (1-3, 2.16 ERA, 0.98 WHIP, 39 strikeouts); Tigers: Tarik Skubal (12-4, 2.18 ERA, 0.87 WHIP, 216 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Tigers -316, White Sox +254; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox will try to keep a five-game road win streak alive when they take on the Detroit Tigers.

Detroit has a 45-28 record at home and an 81-61 record overall. The Tigers are 57-13 in games when they scored five or more runs.

Chicago is 54-88 overall and 24-46 on the road. The White Sox are 12-30 in games decided by one run.

The matchup Saturday is the 12th time these teams square off this season. The Tigers hold a 7-4 advantage in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Riley Greene has 32 home runs, 41 walks and 103 RBIs while hitting .269 for the Tigers. Dillon Dingler is 12 for 32 with a double, a home run and two RBIs over the past 10 games.

Chase Meidroth has 15 doubles and four home runs for the White Sox. Colson Montgomery is 10 for 41 with six home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 3-7, .252 batting average, 5.37 ERA, outscored by 15 runs

White Sox: 6-4, .260 batting average, 5.48 ERA, outscored by 10 runs

INJURIES: Tigers: Kyle Finnegan: 15-Day IL (abductor), Matt Vierling: 10-Day IL (oblique), Paul Sewald: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Reese Olson: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Sean Guenther: 60-Day IL (hip), Jackson Jobe: 60-Day IL (flexor), Jason Foley: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alex Cobb: 60-Day IL (hip), Ty Madden: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jose Urquidy: 60-Day IL (elbow)

White Sox: Bryan Hudson: 15-Day IL (back), Miguel Vargas: 10-Day IL (hand), Luis Robert: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Elvis Peguero: 15-Day IL (elbow), Owen White: 15-Day IL (hip), Prelander Berroa: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Miguel Castro: 60-Day IL (knee), Drew Thorpe: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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

 

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