White Sox bring 5-game losing streak into matchup against the Tigers

Posted September 25, 2022 7:00 am

By The Associated Press

Detroit Tigers (58-92, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Chicago White Sox (76-76, second in the AL Central)

Chicago; Sunday, 2:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Tigers: Tyler Alexander (4-10, 4.91 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 45 strikeouts); White Sox: Dylan Cease (14-7, 2.13 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 217 strikeouts)

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: White Sox -258, Tigers +211; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox enter a matchup against the Detroit Tigers as losers of five games in a row.

Chicago has a 76-76 record overall and a 35-42 record in home games. The White Sox are 27-6 in games when they hit at least two home runs.

Detroit has gone 29-47 in road games and 58-92 overall. The Tigers have gone 13-6 in games when they hit at least two home runs.

The teams match up Sunday for the 19th time this season. The White Sox are up 12-6 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jose Abreu has 36 doubles and 15 home runs for the White Sox. Eloy Jimenez is 10-for-39 with three doubles, two home runs and seven RBI over the last 10 games.

Javier Baez leads the Tigers with 15 home runs while slugging .398. Riley Greene is 8-for-39 with two doubles and seven RBI over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: White Sox: 3-7, .224 batting average, 3.83 ERA, outscored by nine runs

Tigers: 5-5, .226 batting average, 3.52 ERA, outscored opponents by two runs

INJURIES: White Sox: Luis Robert: 10-Day IL (wrist), Andrew Vaughn: day-to-day (undisclosed), Michael Kopech: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Kyle Crick: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tim Anderson: 10-Day IL (finger), Danny Mendick: 60-Day IL (knee), Garrett Crochet: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jonathan Stiever: 60-Day IL (lat)

Tigers: Joe Jimenez: 15-Day IL (back), Austin Meadows: 60-Day IL (mental health), Rony Garcia: 60-Day IL (biceps), Tarik Skubal: 60-Day IL (arm), Beau Brieske: 60-Day IL (forearm), Casey Mize: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kyle Funkhouser: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Spencer Turnbull: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jake Rogers: 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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