White Sox host the Braves on home winning streak

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Atlanta Braves (45-22, first in the NL East) vs. Chicago White Sox (35-31, second in the AL Central)

Chicago; Wednesday, 7:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: Chris Sale (8-4, 2.23 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, 86 strikeouts); White Sox: Davis Martin (8-2, 2.61 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 73 strikeouts)

LINE: Braves -155, White Sox +129; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox will try to keep a six-game home win streak going when they play the Atlanta Braves.

Chicago has gone 21-11 at home and 35-31 overall. The White Sox have hit 91 total home runs to rank third in MLB play.

Atlanta is 45-22 overall and 23-11 in road games. The Braves have gone 12-6 in games when they did not give up a home run.

Wednesday's game is the second time these teams meet this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Chase Meidroth leads the White Sox with a .274 batting average, and has 13 doubles, five home runs, 26 walks and 21 RBIs. Tristan Peters is 16 for 34 with six RBIs over the past 10 games.

Matt Olson leads the Braves with 19 home runs while slugging .561. Michael Harris II is 15 for 39 with three doubles, a home run and eight RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: White Sox: 6-4, .271 batting average, 4.30 ERA, outscored opponents by nine runs

Braves: 7-3, .245 batting average, 3.63 ERA, outscored opponents by 12 runs

INJURIES: White Sox: Noah Schultz: 15-Day IL (knee), Austin Hays: 60-Day IL (calf), Jordan Hicks: 15-Day IL (lat), Everson Pereira: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Munetaka Murakami: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Jordan Leasure: 60-Day IL (flexor), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kyle Teel: 60-Day IL (hamstring), Drew Thorpe: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tanner Murray: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Brooks Baldwin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Mike Vasil: 60-Day IL (elbow), Prelander Berroa: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Braves: Ronald Acuna Jr.: day-to-day (hamstring), Kyle Farmer: 10-Day IL (forearm), Sean Murphy: 60-Day IL (finger), Spencer Schwellenbach: 60-Day IL (elbow), Drake Baldwin: 10-Day IL (oblique), Hurston Waldrep: 60-Day IL (elbow), AJ Smith-Shawver: 60-Day IL (elbow), Danny Young: 60-Day IL (elbow), Joe Jimenez: 60-Day IL (knee), Joey Wentz: 60-Day IL (knee)

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