Zach Eflin and the Tampa Bay Rays will take the mound against Chris Flexen and the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.
The Tampa Bay Rays will head on the road this weekend to open up a three-game series against the Chicago White Sox on Friday night at Guaranteed Rate Field in Illinois. This will be the first meeting this season between these two teams. The Rays will head into the series with an even record at 13-13 this season. They are the last-placed team in one of the hardest divisions in baseball just four games back from the divisional-leading Baltimore Orioles. They lost two of three games against the Detroit Tigers in their last series winning the last game 7-5. Randy Arozarena and Curtis Mead both homered in that win. The White Sox have continued to be the worst team in baseball with just three wins this season in 25 games on the bottom of the American League Central. They were swept in their last series in four straight games on the road against the Minnesota Twins.
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Zach Eflin will get the nod for Tampa Bay in this opening game of the series. He is 1-2 this season already with a 3.68 ERA on 29 hits with 26 strikeouts over 29.1 innings pitched. The right-hander went 6.0 innings in his last start that ended in a 2-0 win in the 10th inning over the New York Yankees. He pitched scoreless innings with six strikeouts.
Chicago will start the game with Chris Flexen on the mound for the team. He is winless this season at 0-3 with a 6.41 ERA. He has given up a total of 21 hits with 11 strikeouts over 19.2 innings. Chicago lost 7-0 in his last appearance after he pitched a one-run 2.1-inning day with no strikeouts.
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