It’s Friday, June 13 and the White Sox (23-46) are in Arlington to take on the Rangers (33-36). Adrian Houser is slated to take the mound for Chicago against Texas.

Brooks Baldwin began the season with the White Sox, and he swung a hot bat during his stint in the minor leagues.

The challenge for Noah Schultz, the No. 1 left-handed pitching prospect in the game and the No. 1 White Sox prospect (per MLB Pipeline) seemingly grew a little tougher as he was promoted to Triple-A Charlotte Friday,

Chicago White Sox (23-46, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Texas Rangers (33-36, fourth in the AL West) Arlington, Texas; Friday, 7:05 p.m. CDT PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Adrian Houser (0-0); Rangers: TBD BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rangers -295,

"He just looks free up there,” manager Will Venable said. “I think there's some confidence building with him. He's seeing the ball a little bit better. It's very encouraging and great to see."

Josh Smith homered and scored all three runs for Texas as the surging Rangers defeated the Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Friday in the opener of a three-game series in Arlington, Texas.

Current Cubs and former Tigers pitcher Matthew Boyd tipped his cap to the surging Detroit squad amid a solid start in Chicago. Aaron Judge once again achieves Yankees history by matching Lou Gehrig for the most multi home runs games in franchise history.

ARLINGTON, Texas — The White Sox acquired right-handed starter Aaron Civale and cash from the Brewers on Friday for first baseman Andrew Vaughn. General manager Chris Getz said the organization had been doing a status check on Civale after learning that he had requested a trade from the Brewers.