White Sox look to avoid series sweep against the Red Sox

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Chicago White Sox (32-111, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Boston Red Sox (72-70, third in the AL East)

Boston; Sunday, 1:35 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Chris Flexen (2-14, 5.36 ERA, 1.54 WHIP, 99 strikeouts); Red Sox: Brayan Bello (12-7, 4.75 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 135 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Red Sox -282, White Sox +229; over/under is 9 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox play the last game of a three-game series. The Red Sox can sweep the series with a win.

Boston is 72-70 overall and 33-38 in home games. The Red Sox have hit 175 total home runs to rank fourth in the AL.

Chicago has a 14-57 record in road games and a 32-111 record overall. The White Sox have gone 24-47 in games when they record at least eight hits.

The teams meet Sunday for the seventh time this season. The Red Sox are up 4-2 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jarren Duran has a .292 batting average to lead the Red Sox, and has 44 doubles, 13 triples and 21 home runs. Romy Gonzalez is 8-for-25 with an RBI over the last 10 games.

Andrew Vaughn leads the White Sox with 17 home runs while slugging .399. Andrew Benintendi is 12-for-32 with three doubles, two home runs and eight RBI over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 4-6, .201 batting average, 3.87 ERA, outscored by 10 runs

White Sox: 1-9, .224 batting average, 4.71 ERA, outscored by 26 runs

INJURIES: Red Sox: Isaiah Campbell: 60-Day IL (elbow), David Hamilton: 10-Day IL (finger), Luis Garcia: 15-Day IL (elbow), Lucas Sims: 15-Day IL (lat), James Paxton: 60-Day IL (leg), Cam Booser: 15-Day IL (elbow), Bryan Mata: 60-Day IL (hamstring), Garrett Whitlock: 60-Day IL (oblique), Liam Hendriks: 60-Day IL (elbow), Chris Murphy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Lucas Giolito: 60-Day IL (elbow)

White Sox: Brooks Baldwin: 10-Day IL (wrist), Mike Clevinger: 60-Day IL (elbow), Steven Wilson: 15-Day IL (back), Dominic Leone: 60-Day IL (elbow), Drew Thorpe: 15-Day IL (flexor), Max Stassi: 60-Day IL (hip), Jordan Leasure: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Mike Soroka: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Yoan Moncada: 60-Day IL (abductor), Jimmy Lambert: 60-Day IL (shoulder), 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.