White Sox host the Braves, try to extend home win streak

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Atlanta Braves (45-23, first in the NL East) vs. Chicago White Sox (36-31, first in the AL Central)

Chicago; Thursday, 7:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: Martin Perez (4-3, 3.02 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 47 strikeouts); White Sox: Anthony Kay (5-1, 4.40 ERA, 1.45 WHIP, 46 strikeouts)

LINE: Braves -120, White Sox -100; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox will try to keep a seven-game home win streak alive when they take on the Atlanta Braves.

Chicago has a 36-31 record overall and a 22-11 record in home games. White Sox hitters have a collective .412 slugging percentage to rank sixth in the majors.

Atlanta is 45-23 overall and 23-12 on the road. The Braves have gone 36-8 in games when they record at least eight hits.

The teams meet Thursday for the third time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS:

Michael Harris II leads the Braves with a .306 batting average, and has nine doubles, 13 home runs, 11 walks and 40 RBIs. Matt Olson is 12 for 39 with four home runs and six RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: White Sox: 6-4, .270 batting average, 4.14 ERA, outscored opponents by nine runs

Braves: 6-4, .227 batting average, 3.57 ERA, outscored opponents by six runs

INJURIES: White Sox: Colson Montgomery: day-to-day (back), Tyler Gilbert: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Noah Schultz: 15-Day IL (knee), Austin Hays: 60-Day IL (calf), Jordan Hicks: 15-Day IL (lat), Everson Pereira: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Munetaka Murakami: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Jordan Leasure: 60-Day IL (flexor), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), 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)

Braves: Ronald Acuna Jr.: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Tyler Kinley: 15-Day IL (elbow), Kyle Farmer: 10-Day IL (forearm), Sean Murphy: 60-Day IL (finger), Spencer Schwellenbach: 60-Day IL (elbow), Drake Baldwin: 10-Day IL (oblique), Hurston Waldrep: 60-Day IL (elbow), AJ Smith-Shawver: 60-Day IL (elbow), Danny Young: 60-Day IL (elbow), Joe Jimenez: 60-Day IL (knee), Joey Wentz: 60-Day IL (knee)

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