Carlos Carrasco seeks 17th victory this season

Chicago White Sox (59-91, fourth in AL Central) vs. Cleveland Indians (84-66, first in AL Central)

Cleveland; Wednesday, 7:10 p.m. Eastern

PROBABLE PITCHERS: White Sox: Dylan Covey (5-13, 5.64 ERA, 1.55 WHIP, 76 strikeouts) Indians: Carlos Carrasco (16-9, 3.43 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 206 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: Cleveland’s Carlos Carrasco can claim his 17th victory this season with a win. The Indians enter the matchup with a 14 and a half-game lead over the Twins in the AL Central. Cleveland’s lineup is averaging 4.9 RBIs per game this season. Jose Ramirez leads the team with 101 RBIs. The White Sox have gone 5-13 in Covey’s starts this season. Chicago has slugged .408 this season, Jose Abreu leads the team with a mark of .473. The Indians won Tuesday’s contest 5-3. Corey Kluber picked up his 19th win of the season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Tim Anderson has 74 runs and 62 RBIs for the White Sox this season. Avisail Garcia has 10 hits and is batting .278 over his past 10 games for Chicago. Francisco Lindor is hitting .283 with 173 hits and 35 home runs in 147 games this year for the Indians. Jason Kipnis has driven in 11 runs on nine hits over his past 10 games for Cleveland.

LAST 10 GAMES: White Sox: 3-7, .217 batting average, 4.30 ERA, outscored by 17 runs. Indians: 4-6, .236 batting average, 3.84 ERA, outscored opponents by nine runs.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by HERO Sports, and data from Sportradar.