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Colleen Kane

BRIEF: Series preview: Astros at White Sox

May 16--All games on WLS-AM 890.

Season series: First meeting. Sox 5-1 in 2015.

Tuesday: 7:10 p.m., WPWR-50. LH Dallas Keuchel (2-5, 5.58) vs. LH Carlos Rodon (1-4, 4.99).

Wednesday: 7:10 p.m., CSN. RH Doug Fister (3-3, 4.22) vs. RH Mat Latos (5-0, 3.40).

Thursday: 7:10 p.m., CSN. RH Collin McHugh (4-3, 5.58) vs. LH Chris Sale (8-0, 1.67).

Storylines: Sox pitchers posted a 2.78 ERA through the first 32 games but had a 5.26 ERA on a six-game trip against the Rangers and Yankees. The Sox went a club-record 12 straight games without an error from May 1 to 14. Astros second baseman Jose Altuve leads the majors with 3.2 WAR, according to Baseball Reference, while Sox right fielder Adam Eaton was second with 2.9 through Sunday. The Sox have two others in the top 10: Sale (2.6) and Jose Quintana (2.3).

Trending: Sox designated hitter Avisail Garcia has seven multihit games in his last 15. He is hitting .393 with five doubles, a triple, two homers, 10 RBIs and five walks in that span. Altuve, who had 15 homers in 154 games in 2015, has nine in 39 games.

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