White Sox play the Cubs after Quero's 4-hit game

Associated Press

Chicago Cubs (60-43, second in the NL Central) vs. Chicago White Sox (38-66, fifth in the AL Central)

Chicago; Saturday, 7:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Cade Horton (3-3, 4.04 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 47 strikeouts); White Sox: Aaron Civale (2-6, 4.76 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 42 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cubs -192, White Sox +160; over/under is 9 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox play the Chicago Cubs after Edgar Quero’s four-hit game on Friday.

Chicago has a 38-66 record overall and a 22-29 record in home games. The White Sox have a 26-13 record in games when they out-hit their opponents.

Chicago has a 60-43 record overall and a 27-24 record on the road. The Cubs have the sixth-best team on-base percentage in the majors at .324.

Saturday’s game is the fifth time these teams square off this season. The Cubs are ahead 3-1 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Chase Meidroth has 11 doubles and three home runs for the White Sox. Colson Montgomery is 9 for 36 with two doubles and three home runs over the past 10 games.

Pete Crow-Armstrong leads the Cubs with 27 home runs while slugging .556. Matt Shaw is 10 for 25 with three home runs and seven RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: White Sox: 7-3, .278 batting average, 3.62 ERA, outscored opponents by 29 runs

Cubs: 5-5, .246 batting average, 5.11 ERA, outscored by 14 runs

INJURIES: White Sox: Luis Robert: day-to-day (groin), Prelander Berroa: 60-Day IL (elbow), Shane Smith: 15-Day IL (ankle), Tim Elko: 10-Day IL (knee), Ryan Noda: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Jared Shuster: 15-Day IL (hand), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Miguel Castro: 60-Day IL (knee), Martin Perez: 60-Day IL (forearm), Drew Thorpe: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jesse Scholtens: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Cubs: Porter Hodge: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Jameson Taillon: 15-Day IL (calf), Miguel Amaya: 10-Day IL (oblique), Eli Morgan: 60-Day IL (elbow), Javier Assad: 60-Day IL (oblique), Justin Steele: 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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