The Cubs (48-51) are visiting Guaranteed Rate Field to take on the White Sox (41-60). This will be the first of four games this season between the Chicago teams.
Michael Kopech will start on the mound for the South Siders. Kopech enters this game with a 4.29 ERA and a 5.89 FIP in 92 1⁄3 innings, rendering him a -0.2-fWAR pitcher. Kopech’s last start was against the Mets (46-53) on July 20, when he allowed one earned run on two hits in 5 2⁄3 innings.