Keuchel expected to start for Chicago against Boston

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Sunday, April 18, 2021

Chicago White Sox (6-8) vs. Boston Red Sox (10-4)

Boston; Sunday, 1:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Dallas Keuchel (0-0, 5.79 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 9 strikeouts) Red Sox: Tanner Houck (0-1, 3.00 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 10 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox visit the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.

The Red Sox finished 11-20 in home games in 2020. Boston pitchers had a WHIP of 1.60 last season while striking out 9.0 hitters per game.

The White Sox went 17-13 away from home in 2020. Chicago hit .261 as a team and averaged 3.3 extra base hits per game last year.

The teams meet for the second time this year. Boston leads the season series 1-0.

INJURIES: Red Sox: Chris Sale: (elbow), Ryan Brasier: (left calf).

White Sox: Jace Fry: (microdiscectomy), Jimmy Cordero: (tommy john surgery), Eloy Jimenez: (left pectoral), Billy Hamilton: (leg), Adam Engel: (right hamstring).

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