Rays visit the White Sox on 4-game road win streak

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Tampa Bay Rays (10-7, first in the AL East) vs. Chicago White Sox (6-12, fifth in the AL Central)

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

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Steven Matz (3-0, 3.94 ERA, 0.94 WHIP, 17 strikeouts); White Sox: Jordan Leasure (1-0, 4.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, nine strikeouts)

LINE: Rays -128, White Sox +108; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays hit the road against the Chicago White Sox trying to continue a four-game road winning streak.

Chicago has a 6-12 record overall and a 3-5 record in home games. The White Sox are 4-2 in games when they scored at least five runs.

Tampa Bay has a 6-5 record in road games and a 10-7 record overall. The Rays have the second-ranked team slugging percentage in the AL at .399.

The matchup Thursday is the third time these teams meet this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Chase Meidroth leads the White Sox with a .203 batting average, and has three doubles, a home run, eight walks and two RBIs. Edgar Quero is 6 for 33 over the past 10 games.

Jonathan Aranda has four doubles, three home runs and 15 RBIs for the Rays. Junior Caminero is 8 for 38 with a double and three home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: White Sox: 3-7, .177 batting average, 3.48 ERA, outscored by 11 runs

Rays: 8-2, .264 batting average, 3.52 ERA, outscored opponents by 12 runs

INJURIES: White Sox: Jonathan Cannon: 15-Day IL (hip), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Chris Murphy: 15-Day IL (elbow), Brooks Baldwin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Austin Hays: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Mike Vasil: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kyle Teel: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Drew Thorpe: 15-Day IL (elbow), Prelander Berroa: 15-Day IL (elbow)

Rays: Ryan Pepiot: 60-Day IL (hip), Michael Grove: 15-Day IL (right shoulder), Joe Boyle: 15-Day IL (right elbow strain), Garrett Cleavinger: 15-Day IL (calf), Steven Wilson: 60-Day IL (back), Edwin Uceta: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Gavin Lux: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Manuel Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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