Chicago Cubs (58-60, third in the NL Central) vs. Chicago White Sox (28-90, fifth in the AL Central)
Chicago; Saturday, 7:15 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Justin Steele (3-5, 3.33 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 104 strikeouts); White Sox: Chris Flexen (2-11, 5.53 ERA, 1.49 WHIP, 83 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Cubs -147, White Sox +123; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox look to break their 11-game home slide with a win over the Chicago Cubs.
Chicago has a 17-41 record at home and a 28-90 record overall. The White Sox are 8-26 in games decided by one run.
Chicago has gone 26-33 in road games and 58-60 overall. Cubs hitters have a collective .311 on-base percentage, the eighth-ranked percentage in the NL.
The matchup Saturday is the fourth meeting between these teams this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Andrew Vaughn leads Chicago with 14 home runs while slugging .397. Andrew Benintendi is 12-for-35 with five home runs and 12 RBI over the past 10 games.
Ian Happ has 25 doubles, a triple, 19 home runs and 65 RBI while hitting .229 for the Cubs. Nico Hoerner is 13-for-42 with a double and a home run over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: White Sox: 1-9, .220 batting average, 6.88 ERA, outscored by 31 runs
Cubs: 7-3, .282 batting average, 3.74 ERA, outscored opponents by 21 runs
INJURIES: White Sox: Drew Thorpe: 15-Day IL (flexor), Max Stassi: 60-Day IL (hip), Jordan Leasure: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Mike Soroka: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Mike Clevinger: 15-Day IL (elbow), Yoan Moncada: 60-Day IL (abductor), Jimmy Lambert: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Matt Foster: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jesse Scholtens: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Cubs: Tomas Nido: 10-Day IL (knee), Ben Brown: 60-Day IL (neck), Luke Little: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Hayden Wesneski: 15-Day IL (forearm), Jordan Wicks: 60-Day IL (oblique), Colten Brewer: 60-Day IL (hand), Yency Almonte: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Adbert Alzolay: 60-Day IL (forearm)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
