GameDay Preview: Rays Try to Salvage Season Series With White Sox on Sunday

A fun and entertaining season series between the Chicago White Sox and Tampa Bay Rays comes to an end on Sunday at Tropicana Field, with the Rays needing a win to even the series. Here's our gameday preview, with starting lineups, pitching bios and more.
GameDay Preview: Rays Try to Salvage Season Series With White Sox on Sunday
GameDay Preview: Rays Try to Salvage Season Series With White Sox on Sunday /

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — After letting a game slip away on Saturday, the Tampa Bay Rays close out their season series with the Chicago White Sox on Sunday, and they need a win to break even on the year.

The Rays lost two of three in Chicago in mid-April and have split the first two games this weekend at Tropicana Field. They'll turn to Ryan Yarbrough on the mound, looking for that third win against the talented but underachieving White Sox. Chicago ace Lucas Giolito opposes him in the 1:40 p.m. ET game

Here's how to watch Sunday's game, with TV information and starting lineups and more.

How to watch White Sox at Rays

  • Who: Chicago White Sox (24-27) at Tampa Bay Rays (31-22)
  • When: 1:40 p.m. ET, Saturday, June 4
  • Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla.
  • TV: Bally Sports Sun
  • Stream: Fubo.tv CLICK HERE
  • Announcers: Dewayne Staats (play-by-play), Brian Anderson (color commentary) and Tricia Whitaker (reporter).
  • Radio: WDAE 95.3 FM, SiriusXM Channel 177
  • Announcers: Andy Freed and Dave Wills.
  • Latest line: The Rays are favored at minus-110 on the money line according to the Fanduel.com website opening line as of Sunday morning. The White Sox are plus-106. The over/under is 7.5.

Projected starting pitchers

  • White Sox right-hander Lucas Giolito: Lucas Giolito, Chicago's Opening Day starter, is 3-2 on the season with a 3.62 earned run average. He missed two weeks after his first start with an abdominal strain, and still really hasn't found his way. In his last start on Tuesday at Toronto, he gave up six runs in just 4 2/3 innings. The White Sox are just 3-5 in his eight starts thus far.
  • Rays left-hander Ryan Yarbrough: Ryan Yarbrough has pitched well this season, but the occasional bad big inning has skewed his numbers. He's 0-2 with a 4.00 ERA. He has allowed runs in only three of his last 17 innings. He pitched 6 2/3 innings against Texas on Tuesday in the 3-0 loss.

Projected lineups

  • White Sox lineup: Danny Mendick SS, Andrew Vaughn RF, Luis Robert CF, Jose Abreu DH,  Jake Burger 3B, Yasmani Grandal 1B, AJ Pollock LF, Reese McGuire C, Josh Harrison 2B, Lucas Giolito P. 
  • Rays lineup: Kevin Kiermaier CF, Manuel Margot RF, Yandy Diaz 3B, Ji-Man Choi 1B, Harold Ramirez DH, Randy Arozarena LF, Isaac Paredes 2B, Mike Zunino C, Taylor Walls SS, Ryan Yarbrough P.

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Tom Brew
TOM BREW

Tom Brew is the publisher of Inside The Rays, and has been with the Sports Illustrated/FanNation network for three years. He is an award-winning writer and editor who has spent most of his four-decade career at the Tampa Bay Times, Indianapolis Star and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has written four books.