White Sox take on the Astros in first of 3-game series

Houston Astros - second in the AL West vs Chicago White Sox - fifth in the AL Central Chicago Friday p m EDT PITCHING PROBABLES Astros Framber Valdez - ERA WHIP strikeouts White Sox Jonathan Cannon - ERA WHIP strikeouts BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE Astros - White Sox over under is runs BOTTOM LINE The Chicago White Sox host the Houston Astros on Friday to begin a three-game series Chicago has a - record at home and an - record overall The White Sox have the th-ranked organization ERA in the AL at Houston has a - record overall and a - record in road games The Astros have a - record in games when they hit two or more home runs The matchup Friday is the first meeting this season between the two clubs TOP PERFORMERS Miguel Vargas has six doubles and two home runs for the White Sox Luis Robert is -for- with two doubles and two home runs over the past games Jose Altuve has three doubles four home runs and RBI for the Astros Christian Walker is -for- with three doubles and three home runs over the last games LAST GAMES White Sox - batting average ERA outscored opponents by two runs Astros - batting average ERA outscored opponents by runs INJURIES White Sox Gage Workman -Day IL hip Martin Perez -Day IL forearm Austin Slater -Day IL knee Michael Tauchman -Day IL hamstring Korey Lee -Day IL ankle Drew Thorpe -Day IL elbow Josh Rojas -Day IL toe Prelander Berroa -Day IL elbow Ky Bush -Day IL elbow Jesse Scholtens -Day IL elbow Astros Forrest Whitley -Day IL knee Spencer Arrighetti -Day IL thumb Luis Garcia -Day IL elbow Cristian Javier -Day IL elbow Shawn Dubin -Day IL shoulder J P France -Day IL shoulder Taylor Trammell -Day IL calf Pedro Leon -Day IL knee Lance McCullers -Day IL forearm The Associated Press created this story using device provided by Input Skrive and figures from Sportradar Source