Chicago White Sox (2-9, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Cleveland Guardians (5-6, third in the AL Central)
Cleveland; Thursday, 1:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Jonathan Cannon (0-1, 3.12 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, eight strikeouts); Guardians: Gavin Williams (0-0, 4.50 ERA, 1.62 WHIP, seven strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Guardians -229, White Sox +189; over/under is 7 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox will look to break a five-game road slide when they play the Cleveland Guardians.
Cleveland has a 2-0 record at home and a 5-6 record overall. The Guardians have hit 14 total home runs to rank sixth in the AL.
Chicago has a 0-5 record in road games and a 2-9 record overall. The White Sox have a 0-5 record in games decided by one run.
The teams play Thursday for the third time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jose Ramirez has four home runs, six walks and six RBI while hitting .281 for the Guardians. Carlos Santana is 11-for-38 with two doubles, two home runs and four RBI over the last 10 games.
Nick Maton has two home runs while hitting .167 for the White Sox. Andrew Benintendi is 9-for-31 with two home runs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Guardians: 4-6, .195 batting average, 4.29 ERA, outscored by 18 runs
White Sox: 1-9, .195 batting average, 4.02 ERA, outscored by 14 runs
INJURIES: Guardians: Shane Bieber: 15-Day IL (elbow), Trevor Stephan: 15-Day IL (elbow), John Means: 15-Day IL (elbow), Slade Cecconi: 15-Day IL (oblique), Erik Sabrowski: 15-Day IL (elbow), David Fry: 60-Day IL (elbow), Sam Hentges: 60-Day IL (shoulder)
White Sox: Andrew Benintendi: 10-Day IL (adductor), Mike Tauchman: day-to-day (hamstring), Korey Lee: day-to-day (ankle), Drew Thorpe: 60-Day IL (elbow), Josh Rojas: 10-Day IL (toe), Bryan Ramos: 10-Day IL (elbow), Prelander Berroa: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jesse Scholtens: 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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