Blue Jays and White Sox meet with series tied 1-1
Chicago White Sox (24-53, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (41-35, third in the AL East)
Toronto; Sunday, 1:37 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Adrian Houser (0-0); Blue Jays: Chris Bassitt (7-3, 3.75 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 83 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blue Jays -219, White Sox +180; over/under is 9 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Blue Jays and Chicago White Sox play on Sunday with the three-game series tied 1-1.
Toronto has gone 25-15 at home and 41-35 overall. Blue Jays hitters have a collective .402 slugging percentage to rank sixth in the AL.
Chicago has a 24-53 record overall and an 8-32 record on the road. The White Sox are 15-4 in games when they scored at least five runs.
The teams match up Sunday for the third time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Bo Bichette has 19 doubles, a triple, 11 home runs and 46 RBIs while hitting .277 for the Blue Jays. Ernie Clement is 18 for 42 with three doubles and a home run over the past 10 games.
Miguel Vargas leads the White Sox with a .239 batting average, and has 19 doubles, two triples, 10 home runs, 29 walks and 32 RBIs. Edgar Quero is 10 for 31 with six RBIs over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jays: 5-5, .273 batting average, 5.59 ERA, outscored by eight runs
White Sox: 1-9, .217 batting average, 5.26 ERA, outscored by 26 runs
INJURIES: Blue Jays: Addison Barger: day-to-day (hip), Alan Roden: day-to-day (knee), Bowden Francis: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Daulton Varsho: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Anthony Santander: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Yimi Garcia: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Max Scherzer: 60-Day IL (thumb), Ryan Burr: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alek Manoah: 60-Day IL (elbow), Angel Bastardo: 60-Day IL (elbow)
White Sox: Cam Booser: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Davis Martin: 15-Day IL (forearm), Mike Tauchman: day-to-day (groin), Jared Shuster: 15-Day IL (hand), Fraser Ellard: 60-Day IL (lat), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Miguel Castro: 60-Day IL (knee), Jonathan Cannon: 15-Day IL (back), Martin Perez: 60-Day IL (forearm), Drew Thorpe: 60-Day IL (elbow), Prelander Berroa: 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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