Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox preview, Sunday 7/27, 1:10 CT

The Cubs go for the series win.

Sunday notes…

• CUBS/WHITE SOX ALL-TIME HISTORY: Today’s game will be the 600th of all kinds between the Cubs and White Sox.It will be the 152nd in the regular season. They have played 442 exhibition games: 197 pre-season outside Chicago, 51 pre-season in Chicago, 40 during the season in Chicago and 154 in the post-season City Series. And they played six games in the 1906 World Series. The Cubs are 282-305-12 in all games, a .481 winning percentage. They are 76-75, .503, in the regular season.
• CUBS/SOX SPLITS: This is the 20th of the 58 series between the Cubs and Sox in which the teams split the first two games. It is the 12th in which the Cubs lost, then won.There has been a third game after 12 of the previous splits. The Cubs won five times and the Sox seven. The Cubs were 4-2 after losing, then winning. On the road, the Cubs are 4-6 after splits, including 3-2 after losing, then winning.
• THE SHAW TRAIN KEEPS ON ROLLING: Matt Shaw, in his eight-game hitting streak since the All-Star break: .478/.500/1.043 (11-for-23) with a double, four home runs, nine RBI and six runs scored.
• THIS DAY IN CUBS HISTORY: The Cubs blew a 7-4 ninth-inning lead to the Rockies and trailed 8-7 when Kris Bryant hit a two-run walkoff home run for a 9-8 win. It was the first game of a stretch where the Cubs won 15 of 16. It happened 10 years ago today, Monday, July 27, 2015.

Here are today’s particulars.

Cubs lineup:

White Sox lineup:

Ben Brown, RHP vs. Grant Taylor, RHP

Ben Brown is getting this start without an opener. “Without a net,” if you will.

Brown has been dominant at times this year — he’s got three starts of six shutout innings, including allowing just one hit to the Reds May 31 at Wrigley Field.

He’s also struggled mightily at times — he’s allowed at least six runs in three of his last five starts.

Brown has never faced the White Sox and of the current Sox players, only Michael A. Taylor (0-for-1, a strikeout) has ever seen him. Perhaps that will be to his advantage.

Here’s hoping for the best for Brown.

Grant Taylor will be an opener for the Sox today. He’s done this once before, last month in Toronto, and has also closed some games for the Sox, with three saves.

This will be his 16th MLB appearance. He’s never faced the Cubs or anyone on their active roster.

Sean Burke was the originally scheduled starter and might be the “bulk guy” for the Sox today, so here’s some info about him. He had a rough start to his 2025 season, including allowing seven hits and six runs (five earned) to the Cubs in fewer than five innings May 17 at Wrigley Field. That included a home run by Dansby Swanson.

Since then, Burke has been a bit better, with a 3.74 ERA and 1.321 WHIP, and of his 10 starts since that game against the Cubs, he allowed two or fewer runs in eight of them.

That’s all I’ve got, Cubs. Just hit him the way you did in Wrigley. I have included his pitch selection chart below.

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Today’s game is on Marquee Sports Network. You can find out if Marquee is available via a provider in your area here. It’s also on Chicago Sports Network with the Sox announcers, and in the local Chicago market the Sox broadcast will be simulcast over the air on WCIU-Ch. 26.

Here is the complete MLB.com live streaming page for today.

MLB.com Gameday

Baseball-reference.com game preview

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The 2025 Game Thread procedure will be identical to last year’s.

You’ll find the game preview posted separately on the front page two hours before game time (90 minutes for some early day games following night games).

At the same time, a StoryStream containing the preview will also post on the front page, titled “Cubs vs. (Team) (Day of week/date) game threads.” It will contain every post related to that particular game, including the First Pitch Thread and the overflow thread, as well as the recap when it’s published. The recap will also live on the front page as a separate post.

You will also be able to find the preview, First Pitch Thread and the overflow thread in the box marked “Chicago Cubs Game Threads” at the bottom of the front page (you can also find them in this section link). The StoryStream for each game can also be found in that section.

The First Pitch thread will post at five minutes before game time, then an overflow thread at 90 minutes after the scheduled game time.

Discuss amongst yourselves.