Guardians play the White Sox with series tied 1-1

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Chicago White Sox (77-74, first in the AL Central) vs. Cleveland Guardians (77-75, second in the AL Central)

Cleveland; Wednesday, 1:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Anthony Kay (9-9, 4.59 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 118 strikeouts); Guardians: Parker Messick (11-9, 2.51 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, 178 strikeouts)

LINE: Guardians -178, White Sox +144; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians and Chicago White Sox play on Wednesday with the three-game series tied 1-1.

Cleveland has gone 37-40 in home games and 77-75 overall. The Guardians are 58-27 in games when they record at least eight hits.

Chicago has a 77-74 record overall and a 34-43 record in road games. The White Sox have a 31-19 record in games when they did not allow a home run.

The teams meet Wednesday for the 13th time this season. The White Sox lead the season series 7-5.

TOP PERFORMERS: Steven Kwan has 21 doubles, two triples, three home runs and 30 RBIs while hitting .279 for the Guardians. Travis Bazzana is 15 for 34 with three doubles and five home runs over the last 10 games.

Miguel Vargas leads the White Sox with 31 home runs while slugging .475. Munetaka Murakami is 4 for 35 with two home runs and six RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Guardians: 5-5, .241 batting average, 4.60 ERA, outscored by one run

White Sox: 3-7, .215 batting average, 4.13 ERA, outscored by five 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: Drew Thorpe: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tanner Murray: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Huascar Brazoban: 15-Day IL (lat), 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.