Crosstown 競争相手s Cubs, White Sox 捜し出す to 改善する sub-.500 記録，記録的な／記録するs
It's not surprising that the Chicago Cubs have a losing 記録，記録的な／記録する while 近づくing the one-month point of the season.
It was certainly いっそう少なく 予報するd than the crosstown 敵 Chicago White Sox owning the same 示す.
With each club sitting 9-13 and trying to 勝利，勝つ 支援する-to-支援する games for the first time in more than two weeks, the visiting White Sox will look to continue their 最近の success over the Cubs on Tuesday night.
Coming off a 91-loss season and with few 著名な offseason 取得／買収s to 強化する their roster, the Cubs have lost nine of 12 に引き続いて a 6-4 start. They've also managed five runs 連合させるd in the last four games and dropped five of six at home. The Cubs last won 連続した games April 17-18.
However, the Cubs have 肯定的なs to build upon after Sunday's 2-0 victory at Milwaukee. Marcus Stroman, their biggest offseason 好転, 許すd two 攻撃する，衝突するs over seven innings while Patrick 知恵 -- 4-for-12 in the last three games -- clubbed his fourth ホームラン.
"We've got a group that I believe can 勝利，勝つ a lot of baseball games," Cubs 経営者／支配人 David Ross told the Chicago Sun-Times.
"We try to 勝利，勝つ every game, but you can 査定する／（税金などを）課す where you're at, what 肉親，親類d of month you had, and try to 改善する."
And although the White Sox lead this かつてない city series 70-64, swept all three games at Wrigley Field last season and won seven of the last nine there, the 競争 is special for both clubs and their fan bases.
"I love that series," Ross 追加するd. "It's fun for the 環境 at Wrigley and on the South 味方する."
The White Sox were 好意d to repeat as AL Central 支持する／優勝者s and started 6-2. However, they've 普通の／平均（する）d 2.6 runs, batted .206 and ホームランd 10 times while going 3-11 since.
But, like the Cubs, the White Sox have some 勢い after Dylan 中止する 許すd one 攻撃する，衝突する and struck out 11 over seven innings in their 3-0 勝利，勝つ over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday. They last won two in a 列／漕ぐ／騒動 April 15-16.
"Keep bui lding off this 勝利，勝つ, keep competing with the crosstown coming up," White Sox 星／主役にする Tim Anderson, who is 8-for-17 in the last four games.
"It's always fun to compete with the guys from across town."
Michael Kopech (0-0, 1.42 ERA) will take the 塚 for the White Sox on Tuesday. The 権利-hander has 許すd three earned runs and struck out 18 with nine walks over 19 innings of his four starts.
However, Kopech has not lasted past the fifth inning in any start and received eight runs of support while 肉体的に on the 塚 in 2022.
Kopech will make his first start against the Cubs, who 反対する with Drew Smyly (1-2, 2.79 ERA). The left-hander threw 9 2/3 scoreless innings in his first two starts of the season, but he has 許すd six runs, with four ホームランs, through the same 量 of innings to lose two since.
White Sox 強打者 Jose Abreu is 6-for-11 with two （テニスなどの）ダブルス and a ホームラン versus Smyly. Abreu has 攻撃する，衝突する 安全に in 12 of his last 14 games. He is batting .423 (11-for-26) with seven ホームランs and 10 打点s during a six-game hitting streak at Wrigley Field.
一方／合間, Cubs 新人 Seiya Suzuki gets his first taste of this series. The NL 新人 of the Month for April, Suzuki batted .429 in his first 10 games, but .182 in the last 12.
--Field Level マスコミ
