CHICAGO — On the second stop of their three-city, nine-game road trip to close out the first half of the season, the Red Sox will be seeking their fourth win in a row Tuesday night.
The host Chicago White Sox are the surprise team of the American League and have compiled the second-best home mark in the AL this year, so this won’t be a pushover. This has not been an easy place for the Red Sox to play in recent seasons — they’re just 1-3-1 in their last five series here.
Overall, the Red Sox have won eight of their last 10 and 11 of their last 16 dating back to June 19.
The Sox swept the Angeles in Anaheim over the weekend and in their last seven road series are, at 23-21, owners of the second-best road record in the league.
With a win tonight, interim manager Chad Tracy can lift his own record to the .500 level for the first time since his first week on the job. The Sox are currently 30-31 since Tracy replaced Alex Cora in the final week of April.
The Red Sox will wait to see if they hear anything about the suspension hanging over Willson Contreras today. In the meantime, Contreras has been named as a replacement for the AL All-Star team, with the game a week from today in Philadelphia.
BOSTON RED SOX (40-48) vs. CHICAGO WHITE SOX (47-42) · RATE FIELD · CHICAGO, IL · GAME 89
FIRST PITCH: 7:40 p.m. ET
TV CHANNEL: NESN,
RADIO: WEEI 93.7 FM
PITCHING PROBABLES: LHP Payton Tolle (4-6, 3.39 ERA) vs. LHP Noah Schultz (2-5, 5.86 ERA)
RED SOX LINEUP:
- Anthony Seigler 2B
- Ceddanne Rafaela CF
- Wilyer Abreu RF
- Willson Contreras 1B
- Romy Gonzalez DH
- Caleb Durbin 3B
- Jarren Duran LF
- Andruw Monasterio SS
- Connor Wong C
WHITE SOX LINEUP
- Miguel Vargas 1B
- Randal Grichuk DH
- Colson Montgomery 3B
- Chase Meidroth 2B
- Sam Antonacci LF
- Junior Perez RF
- Kyle Teel C
- Luisangel Acuna SS
- Tristan Peters CF
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