There will be a battle of the Sox this weekend in Chicago as the Red Sox battle the White Sox starting on Friday night. The Red Sox have been playing better baseball as of late, including a sweep of arch-rival New York last weekend. The White Sox have lost three out of their last four games including two of the first three of this homestand, against the Rangers. The pitching matchup on Friday night will feature the Red Sox Brayan Bello (4-4, 3.49) battling White Sox righty Lucas Giolito (5-4, 3.54). The first pitch is scheduled for 8:10 PM EST.
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The Red Sox arrive in Chicago in the midst of playing some of their best baseball of the season, particularly at the plate. The Red Sox struggled through several weeks of poor hitting before finding their stride last weekend in a sweep of the New York Yankees. The Red Sox followed that up with two straight wins over the Twins to start this midwest road trip to push their win streak to six games. On Wednesday night, the Sox streak was ended in a 5-4 loss in 10 innings to the Twins. On Thursday afternoon, the Red Sox offense was silenced in a 6-0 loss. Boston had just three hits and struck out nine times.
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The Red Sox hope to keep their winning ways going on Friday night with righty Brayan Bello on the hill. Bello is 4-4 in 11 starts, including five quality starts. Bello has allowed 57 hits in 59.1 innings of work. He has a K/9 rate of 8.6, a WHIP of 1.30, and an ERA of 3.49. On the road, Bello is 1-0 in four starts, including three quality starts. He has an ERA of 3.28, a WHIP of 1.01, and K/9 rate of 6.2. Bello has been sharp in each of his last two starts. He's gone 1-0 while allowing just three runs and seven hits and pitching seven innings in each start.
Key Injuries: IF Yu Chang, RP John Schreider and SP Tanner Houck are all out.