Boston Red Sox at Chicago White Sox

CHICAGO (Interstat) — The Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox open a three-game series Tuesday night at Guaranteed Rate Field, with first pitch scheduled for 7:10 p.m. CDT under partly cloudy skies and a temperature of 75 degrees.

Boston (40-48) comes to Chicago on a three-game winning streak after sweeping the Los Angeles Angels over the weekend, capped by a 7-5 victory Sunday. The Red Sox have won six of their past nine games but remain 8 ½ games behind the New York Yankees in the American League East. Chicago (47-42) took two of three from the Cleveland Guardians over the weekend, winning 7-6 on Sunday, and sits 1 ½ games back of the first-place Guardians in the AL Central.

Players to watch

For Boston, catcher Willson Contreras enters the game on a tear. In Sunday’s win, he went 1 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs. Over his past four games, Contreras is batting .400 (6 for 15) with two homers and six RBIs. He has recorded at least one RBI in four of his past five games and has hit safely in seven of his last eight.

For Chicago, left-handed reliever Sean Newcomb has been effective out of the bullpen. In his most recent appearance Sunday, he tossed 1 ⅔ scoreless innings, allowing no hits with two strikeouts. Over his past four outings, Newcomb has surrendered one earned run across 5 ⅓ innings (1.69 ERA) with seven strikeouts while holding opponents to a .158 batting average.

Betting line

Boston is a minus-1.5 favorite on the run line, according to Interstat’s game simulator, which projects a 7-6 White Sox victory. The over/under is set at 8 runs.

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Boston Red Sox at Chicago White Sox