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Chicago White Sox vs Texas Rangers

Monday, Jul 20, 2026Globe Life FieldLive
CWS · Away · 52-46

Chicago White Sox

AL Central · 1st · —
5:3
Live score
H2H 24
TEX · Home · 50-49

Texas Rangers

Starting pitchers
Starter form · last 5 starts
Season4.15
Last 53.23
0.92 ERA better in last 5
9 days restQS 0%Blow-up 0/5
206/19
106/24
306/30
207/05
007/11

↓ ERA trending down lately

Season3.49
Last 54.20
0.71 ERA worse in last 5
13 days restQS 60%Blow-up 1/5
206/13
606/19
206/24
206/30
207/07

↓ ERA trending down lately

Matchup edge
Erick Fedde hotter lately (L5 3.23 ERA)·Chicago 64 L10
PitchingChicago
Chicago48Texas39
HittingChicago
Chicago49Texas37
BullpenChicago
Chicago63Texas46
Lineup threats vs starter
Chicago vs Jacob deGrom
Avg OPS 1.1672 hot hittersTop: Meidroth 1.334 · Vargas 1.000
Texas vs Erick Fedde
Avg OPS 0.396Top: Díaz 0.666 · Nimmo 0.500 · Burger 0.250
Chicago White Sox batters vs Jacob deGrom
Batter
AVG
OPS
HR
0.333
1.000
21
0.000
0.000
10
0.000
0.000
2
0.667
1.334
7
Texas Rangers batters vs Erick Fedde
Batter
AVG
OPS
HR
0.000
0.000
16
0.000
0.167
10
0.000
0.000
9
0.250
0.500
9
0.000
0.250
16
0.333
0.666
4
◆ Matchup preview

Chicago White Sox at Texas Rangers (2026-07-20). Erick Fedde vs Jacob deGrom at Globe Life Field.

Starters — Fedde has a 4.15 ERA and 1.42 WHIP over 89 innings, with 6.07 K/9, 3.54 BB/9, and 1.52 HR/9. His last three starts were 4.0 innings with 0 earned runs, 5.1 innings with 2 earned runs, and 5.0 innings with 3 earned runs. The recent form is pointing down, but the strikeout rate remains modest and the WHIP leaves limited margin for traffic. deGrom has a 3.49 ERA and 1.01 WHIP over 100.2 innings, with 10.91 K/9, 1.97 BB/9, and 1.43 HR/9. His last three starts were 5.0 innings with 2 earned runs, 7.0 innings with 2 earned runs, and 6.0 innings with 2 earned runs. His trend is also listed down, though the underlying profile still shows premium bat-missing ability and elite control.

Teams — Chicago enters with a .729 OPS and 469 runs scored, backed by a 4.04 team ERA and 1.31 WHIP. The White Sox are 6-4 over their last 10, and their offense has been slightly more productive than Texas on both OPS and total runs. Texas has a .719 OPS and 412 runs scored, with a 4.31 team ERA and 1.27 WHIP. The Rangers are 5-5 in their last 10. Chicago brings the better run production, while Texas carries the slightly cleaner overall team WHIP.

Key facts
deGrom: 10.91 K/9 and 1.01 WHIP in 100.2 IPWhite Sox offense: .729 OPS and 469 runsFedde: 1.52 HR/9 and 1.42 WHIP in 89 IP
◆ Lineup notes

Chicago has very limited history against Jacob deGrom. Chase Meidroth has the best line in the group at 2-for-3 with a 1.334 OPS, while Miguel Vargas is 1-for-3 with a 1.000 OPS. Andrew Benintendi is hitless in 3 at-bats, going 0-for-3 with a .000 OPS, and Kyle Teel is hitless in his small sample, 0-for-1 in 2 PA with a .000 OPS. Sam Antonacci, Munetaka Murakami, Colson Montgomery, Braden Montgomery, and Tristan Peters have no MLB history vs deGrom.

Texas has a bit more prior exposure to Erick Fedde, though the results are mostly modest. Brandon Nimmo is 1-for-4 with a .500 OPS, and Elias Díaz is 1-for-3 with a .666 OPS. Wyatt Langford is hitless in 6 PA, going 0-for-5 with a .167 OPS, while Jake Burger is 0-for-3 in 4 PA with a .250 OPS; Joc Pederson is 0-for-1 with a .000 OPS and Josh Jung is 0-for-4 with a .000 OPS. Ezequiel Duran, Evan Carter, and Nicky Lopez have no MLB history vs Fedde.

The Rangers appear to have more hitters with at least some familiarity against the opposing starter, even if few have done much with it. The White Sox have less overall history against deGrom, with Meidroth and Vargas standing out as the main exceptions.

Head to head (2025–2026)
24
Texas Rangers lead series
6 meetings total
2025-06-15
Chicago White Sox @ Texas Rangers
12
TEX
2025-06-14
Chicago White Sox @ Texas Rangers
45
TEX
2025-06-13
Chicago White Sox @ Texas Rangers
13
TEX
2025-05-25
Texas Rangers @ Chicago White Sox
54
TEX
2025-05-24
Texas Rangers @ Chicago White Sox
510
CWS
Team picture · 2026
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CWS
TEX
Team AVG
0.240
0.245
Team OPS
0.729
0.719
Home runs
131
112
Runs scored
469
412
Team ERA
4.04
4.31
HR allowed
104
127

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