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Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros play in game 2 of series

Chicago White Sox (23-44, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Houston Astros (36-30, first in the AL West)

Houston; Wednesday, 7:10 p.m. CDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Sean Burke (3-6, 4.03 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 50 strikeouts); Astros: Ryan Gusto (3-3, 4.78 ERA, 1.64 WHIP, 45 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Astros -181, White Sox +150; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox meet the Houston Astros leading the series 1-0.

Houston is 36-30 overall and 22-13 in home games. The Astros are 19-4 in games when they did not give up a home run.

Chicago is 23-44 overall and 7-26 on the road. The White Sox are 4-16 in games decided by one run.

The teams square off Wednesday for the fifth time this season. The White Sox lead the season series 3-1.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jose Altuve has six doubles, nine home runs and 24 RBIs for the Astros. Yainer Diaz is 10 for 39 with three home runs over the past 10 games.

Chase Meidroth has five doubles, two home runs and nine RBIs while hitting .293 for the White Sox. Andrew Benintendi is 9 for 35 with four doubles over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Astros: 6-4, .227 batting average, 3.44 ERA, outscored by five runs

White Sox: 5-5, .226 batting average, 4.04 ERA, even run differential

INJURIES: Astros: Chas McCormick: 10-Day IL (oblique), Ronel Blanco: 60-Day IL (elbow), Zach Dezenzo: 10-Day IL (hand), Hayden Wesneski: 60-Day IL (elbow), Yordan Alvarez: 10-Day IL (hand), Spencer Arrighetti: 15-Day IL (thumb), Luis Garcia: 60-Day IL (elbow), Cristian Javier: 60-Day IL (elbow), J.P. France: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Taylor Trammell: 10-Day IL (calf), Pedro Leon: 10-Day IL (knee)

White Sox: Jared Shuster: 15-Day IL (hand), Fraser Ellard: 60-Day IL (lat), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Lenyn Sosa: 10-Day IL (hip), Miguel Castro: 60-Day IL (knee), Jonathan Cannon: 15-Day IL (back), Tyler Gilbert: 15-Day IL (knee), Martin Perez: 60-Day IL (forearm), Drew Thorpe: 60-Day IL (elbow), Prelander Berroa: 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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