Colorado Rockies (57-102, fifth in the NL West) vs. Chicago White Sox (82-77, second in the AL Central)
Chicago; Friday, 7:40 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Rockies: Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11, 5.36 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 91 strikeouts); White Sox: Sean Burke (10-7, 3.40 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 178 strikeouts)
LINE: White Sox -233, Rockies +187; over/under is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Rockies play the Chicago White Sox after Cole Carrigg had four hits on Thursday in a 12-8 loss to the Diamondbacks.
Chicago has a 46-32 record at home and an 82-77 record overall. The White Sox have gone 37-22 in games when they hit at least two home runs.
Colorado is 57-102 overall and 25-53 on the road. Rockies hitters have a collective .323 on-base percentage, the seventh-best percentage in MLB play.
Friday's game is the first time these teams square off this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Chase Meidroth has a .275 batting average to lead the White Sox, and has 30 doubles and 16 home runs. Randal Grichuk is 12 for 36 with two home runs and seven RBIs over the last 10 games.
TJ Rumfield has a .297 batting average to lead the Rockies, and has 30 doubles, three triples and 15 home runs. Carrigg is 17 for 43 with four home runs and 12 RBIs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: White Sox: 6-4, .251 batting average, 4.13 ERA, outscored opponents by 18 runs
Rockies: 2-8, .279 batting average, 5.90 ERA, outscored by 19 runs
INJURIES: White Sox: Luis Castillo: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Prelander Berroa: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tanner Murray: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Leasure: 60-Day IL (flexor), Joey Bart: 10-Day IL (hand), Brooks Baldwin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Mike Vasil: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Rockies: Kris Bryant: 60-Day IL (back), McCade Brown: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Willi Castro: 10-Day IL (foot), Welinton Herrera: 60-Day IL (elbow), Chase Dollander: 60-Day IL (elbow), Pierson Ohl: 60-Day IL (elbow), RJ Petit: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
