White Sox scouting report

White Sox vs. Boston Red Sox at U.S. Cellular Field

TV: Comcast SportsNet Friday; Channel 9 Saturday; Comcast SportsNet/WTBS Sunday

Radio: WSCR 670-AM

Pitching matchups: The White Sox’ Gavin Floyd (8-9) vs. Tim Wakefield (6-3) Friday at 7:10 p.m.; Phil Humber (8-6) vs. Jon Lester (10-4) Saturday at 6:10 p.m.; Mark Buehrle (8-5) vs. Andrew Miller (4-1) Sunday at 1:10 p.m.

At a glance: The Tigers lost Thursday, so the White Sox are 3 games out of first-place in the AL Central as Sunday afternoon’s nonwaiver trade deadline approaches. The Red Sox come in with the best record (64-39) in the American League. In their only meeting of the season, the White Sox swept a three-game series at Boston. The White Sox have won six in a row over Boston and 10 of their last 11. Boston leads the AL in batting average (.282) and runs scored (567). Red Sox first baseman Adrian Gonzalez leads the league in batting average (.352) and RBI (87). Floyd has won his last 2 starts while allowing 1 earned run in 15⅓ innings. Sunday is Frank Thomas Day, and the White Sox will unveil a statue of the future Hall of Famer on the left-field concourse.

Next: New York Yankees, Monday-Thursday at U.S. Cellular Field