Minnesota Twins (27-29, third in the AL Central) vs. Chicago White Sox (28-27, second in the AL Central)

Chicago; Thursday, 2:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Twins: Kendry Rojas (1-0, 1.26 ERA, 1.47 WHIP, 14 strikeouts); White Sox: Davis Martin (7-1, 2.04 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 66 strikeouts)

LINE: White Sox -139, Twins +117; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox face the Minnesota Twins, leading the series 2-1.

Chicago has a 28-27 record overall and a 16-11 record at home. The White Sox have the third-ranked team slugging percentage in the AL at .403.

Minnesota has gone 12-15 in road games and 27-29 overall. The Twins have the eighth-ranked team batting average in the AL at .236.

Thursday's game is the fourth meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Colson Montgomery has 10 doubles and 13 home runs for the White Sox. Munetaka Murakami is 10 for 39 with two doubles and three home runs over the past 10 games.

Byron Buxton leads the Twins with 17 home runs while slugging .579. Luke Keaschall is 10 for 34 with a double, a triple and three RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: White Sox: 5-5, .245 batting average, 4.75 ERA, outscored opponents by four runs

Twins: 7-3, .239 batting average, 4.20 ERA, outscored by two runs

INJURIES: White Sox: Noah Schultz: 15-Day IL (knee), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Austin Hays: 10-Day IL (calf), Jordan Hicks: 15-Day IL (lat), Everson Pereira: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Kyle Teel: 60-Day IL (hamstring), Drew Thorpe: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tanner Murray: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Brooks Baldwin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Mike Vasil: 60-Day IL (elbow), Prelander Berroa: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Twins: Cody Laweryson: 15-Day IL (forearm), David Festa: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Garrett Acton: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ryan Jeffers: 10-Day IL (hand), Cole Sands: 15-Day IL (forearm), Mick Abel: 15-Day IL (elbow), Pablo Lopez: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.