Blue Jays try to sweep series against the White Sox

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Chicago White Sox (23-25, second in the AL Central) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (29-20, second in the AL East)

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Chicago White Sox (23-25, second in the AL Central) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (29-20, second in the AL East)

Toronto; Thursday, 3:07 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Johnny Cueto (0-1, 2.41 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 14 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Alek Manoah (5-1, 1.77 ERA, .91 WHIP, 52 strikeouts)

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blue Jays -186, White Sox +159; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Blue Jays face the Chicago White Sox looking to sweep their three-game series.

Toronto has a 29-20 record overall and a 16-8 record at home. The Blue Jays have the sixth-ranked team on-base percentage in the AL at .312.

Chicago has a 23-25 record overall and a 12-12 record in road games. The White Sox have a 17-6 record in games when they did not allow a home run.

The teams meet Thursday for the third time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Bo Bichette has 13 doubles, seven home runs and 25 RBI for the Blue Jays. Danny Jansen is 7-for-26 with four home runs over the past 10 games.

Jose Abreu has six home runs, 23 walks and 22 RBI while hitting .250 for the White Sox. Andrew Vaughn is 12-for-38 with three doubles, two home runs and nine RBI over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jays: 8-2, .260 batting average, 3.70 ERA, outscored opponents by 15 runs

White Sox: 4-6, .253 batting average, 5.70 ERA, outscored by 23 runs

INJURIES: Blue Jays: Hyun-Jin Ryu: day-to-day (left forearm), George Springer: day-to-day (illness), Tim Mayza: 15-Day IL (forearm), Tayler Saucedo: 10-Day IL (hip), Nate Pearson: 10-Day IL (mono)

White Sox: Tim Anderson: 10-Day IL (groin), Joe Kelly: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Lance Lynn: 60-Day IL (knee), Garrett Crochet: 60-Day IL (elbow), Eloy Jimenez: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Yermin Mercedes: 10-Day IL (hand), Jonathan Stiever: 60-Day IL (lat)

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

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