Twins-White Sox series preview: Pitching matchups, Radio/TV information, injury report

CHICAGO WHITE SOX AT TWINS

Three-game series at Target Field

All games on BSN, 830-AM, 102.9-FM

Friday, 7:10 p.m.: RHP Davis Martin (0-0, 3.38 ERA) vs. RHP Joe Ryan (6-7, 3.69)

Saturday, 6:10 p.m.: LHP Garrett Crochet (6-8, 3.23 ERA) vs. RHP Bailey Ober (10-5, 3.76)

Sunday, 1:10 p.m.: RHP Chris Flexen (2-10, 5.13 ERA) vs. RHP Simeon Woods Richardson (3-1, 3.27)

Chicago update: The White Sox (27-84) have lost 17 consecutive games and are the third team in MLB history to lose 84 or more games in the first 111 games of a season. … The 1962 Mets hold the modern MLB record with 120 losses in a season. Chicago is on pace for 123. ... The Sox traded OF Eloy Jimenez to Baltimore, LHP Tanner Hicks to the Phillies, RHP Michael Kopech to the Dodgers, SS Paul DeJong to the Royals, and RHP Erick Fedde and IF Tommy Pham to the Cards. … Martin, who made his season debut on July 27, will make his first MLB start since Oct. 5, 2022. He missed last season after having Tommy John surgery. … Crochet, in his first season as a starter, leads MLB with 12.59 strikeouts per 9 innings and leads the AL with 160 strikeouts.

Twins update: They are 59-48 after a 3-3 road trip. … Friday’s game is the first of 17 home games in August for the Twins, who had just 11 home games in July. … The Twins are 18-5 against the White Sox since the beginning of the 2023 season and have won 16 of the past 18 meetings dating to May 2, 2023. The Twins have won nine of 10 from the White Sox this season. ... OF Matt Wallner has batted .364 (16-for-44) with five HR and nine RBI in 15 games since being recalled on July 7. ... RHP Brock Stewart (shoulder), IF Kyle Farmer (shoulder), RHP Chris Paddack (forearm) and SS Carlos Correa (plantar fasciitis) are on the IL.