Arizona Diamondbacks at Chicago White Sox 8/27/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Arizona Diamondbacks play the second game of a three-game series on the road Saturday and you can find out all of the other baseball games with our free MLB previews versus the Chicago White Sox. Arizona is 56-67 following its 5-3 loss to the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday. Arizona has lost four of the last five and the Diamondbacks are fourth in the National League West, 30 games behind the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers.

Second baseman Ketel Marte is batting .254 to lead Arizona and has team highs in hits with 98 and on-base percentage at .338. First baseman Christian Walker is the leader in home runs with 30 and RBIs with 72. On Saturday, the Arizona Diamondbacks will send Merrill Kelly to the mound. the right-hander is 10-5 with a 2.87 ERA, 128 Ks and 47 BBs.

Chicago is 63-62 following its 4-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday. Chicago lost two of three in their three-game series with the Orioles and the White Sox have lost six of the last eight. Chicago is tied for second in the American League Central with Minnesota, four games behind the first-place Cleveland Guardians.

First baseman Jose Abreu is batting .310 to lead Chicago and has team highs in home runs with 14, hits with 146 and on-base percentage at .386.  Left fielder Andrew Vaughn is the leader in RBIs with 61. On Saturday, the Chicago White Sox will send Davis Martin to the mound. The right-hander is 2-3 with a 4.25 ERA, 26 Ks and 9 BBs