Guardians begin 3-game series with the White Sox

Chicago White Sox (76-73, first in the AL Central) vs. Cleveland Guardians (76-74, second in the AL Central)

Cleveland; Monday, 6:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Sean Newcomb (2-4, 2.77 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 78 strikeouts); Guardians: Gavin Williams (13-7, 3.78 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 228 strikeouts)

LINE: Guardians -154, White Sox +124; over/under is 7 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians host the Chicago White Sox to open a three-game series.

Cleveland has a 76-74 record overall and a 36-39 record in home games. The Guardians have a 57-27 record in games when they record at least eight hits.

Chicago has gone 33-42 in road games and 76-73 overall. The White Sox rank third in the AL with 193 total home runs, averaging 1.3 per game.

Monday's game is the 11th time these teams match up this season. The White Sox have a 6-4 advantage in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Chase DeLauter leads the Guardians with a .291 batting average, and has 28 doubles, three triples, 14 home runs, 54 walks and 62 RBI. Steven Kwan is 13 for 41 with a home run and three RBI over the past 10 games.

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Sam Antonacci leads the White Sox with a .269 batting average, and has 23 doubles, four triples, eight home runs, 42 walks and 44 RBI. Randal Grichuk is 10 for 25 with two home runs and six RBI over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Guardians: 6-4, .246 batting average, 4.45 ERA, outscored opponents by four runs

White Sox: 3-7, .205 batting average, 4.24 ERA, outscored by nine runs

INJURIES: Guardians: Rhys Hoskins: 10-Day IL (back), Colin Holderman: 15-Day IL (wrist), Chase DeLauter: day-to-day (hamstring), Shawn Armstrong: 60-Day IL (leg)

White Sox: Tanner Murray: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Huascar Brazoban: 15-Day IL (lat), Drew Thorpe: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tommy Pham: 10-Day IL (calf), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Prelander Berroa: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Leasure: 60-Day IL (flexor), Joey Bart: 10-Day IL (hand), Brooks Baldwin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Mike Vasil: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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