Game 89: Red Sox at White Sox lineups and notes
After a day off, the Red Sox will resume their road trip when they open a three-game series with the White Sox Tuesday.
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The Sox have won eight of their last 10 and are coming off a three-game sweep of the Angels in Anaheim. They are still eight games below .500 and in last place in the AL East, but sit just ½ game behind the Blue Jays and Orioles.
The White Sox split a four-game series with the Guardians over the weekend to hold on to first place in the AL Central.
Tuesday’s contest will be a matchup of rookie lefthanders. The Red Sox will go with Payton Tolle, while Chicago will counter with Noah Schultz.
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Here is a preview.
Lineups
RED SOX (40-48): TBA
Pitching: LHP Payton Tolle (4-6, 3.39 ERA)
WHITE SOX (47-42): TBA
Pitching: LHP Noah Schultz (2-5, 5.86 ERA)
Time: 7:40 p.m.
TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7
Red Sox vs. Schultz: Has not faced any Boston batters
White Sox vs. Tolle: Randal Grichuk 0-2
Stat of the day: Schultz has walked 26 batters and hit four with a pitch in 43 innings.
Notes: Tolle is facing the White Sox for the first time. He struggled his last time out, allowing six runs on seven hits, including two home runs, in three innings of last Wednesday’s 10-2 loss to the Nationals. … Willson Contreras leads the Red Sox with 20 home runs. This marks the seventh season he has reached that number. … The Sox are 12-10 against lefthanders and 23-21 on the road, the second best mark in the American League behind the Yankees (27-20). They are 11-8 against the AL Central. … Schultz is making his second start since returning from right knee patellar tendinitis. He has lost his last three starts, including his most recent outing against the Orioles when he allowed two runs and three hits in 4⅓ innings with four walks and seven strikeouts. … He has yielded a home run in three consecutive starts and four of the past five.
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