Chicago White Sox (17-36, fifth in the AL Central) vs. New York Mets (32-21, second in the NL East)
New York; Monday, 4:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Adrian Houser (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.83 WHIP, two strikeouts); Mets: Clay Holmes (5-3, 3.13 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 53 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mets -305, White Sox +244; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The New York Mets host the Chicago White Sox to start a three-game series.
New York is 19-6 in home games and 32-21 overall. Mets hitters have a collective .328 on-base percentage, the sixth-ranked percentage in the NL.
Chicago has a 5-21 record in road games and a 17-36 record overall. The White Sox are 11-2 in games when they scored five or more runs.
The teams meet Monday for the first time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Juan Soto has 10 doubles and eight home runs for the Mets. Francisco Lindor is 5 for 37 with two doubles and a home run over the past 10 games.
Chase Meidroth has four doubles, a home run and five RBIs for the White Sox. Miguel Vargas is 13 for 39 with three doubles and four home runs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Mets: 4-6, .206 batting average, 2.90 ERA, outscored by 10 runs
White Sox: 3-7, .241 batting average, 4.71 ERA, outscored by 21 runs
INJURIES: Mets: Brandon Nimmo: day-to-day (neck), Mark Vientos: day-to-day (abdominal), Jesse Winker: 10-Day IL (side), Danny Young: 60-Day IL (elbow), A.J. Minter: 60-Day IL (lat), Frankie Montas: 60-Day IL (lat), Brooks Raley: 60-Day IL (elbow), Sean Manaea: 60-Day IL (oblique), Jose Siri: 10-Day IL (shin), Paul Blackburn: 15-Day IL (knee), Nick Madrigal: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Drew Smith: 60-Day IL (elbow), Christian Scott: 60-Day IL (elbow)
White Sox: Tyler Gilbert: 15-Day IL (knee), Fraser Ellard: 15-Day IL (lat), Martin Perez: 60-Day IL (forearm), Korey Lee: 10-Day IL (ankle), Drew Thorpe: 60-Day IL (elbow), Prelander Berroa: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jesse Scholtens: 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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