White Sox vs. Indians Pick
Will the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians find themselves hitting the over, or the under, in today’s 1:10PM ET matchup?
According to oddsmakers at BetDSI, Cleveland is the clear favorite to win this game, as the Indians are getting odds of -200 to win. Chicago is listed with a money line of +170 to prevail, while the over/under total for the contest is listed at 9 runs.
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The pitching matchup for today’s game has Jose Quintana (2-7, 3.50 ERA) on the mound for Chicago to face Carlos Carrasco (5-3, 3.36) of the Indians. Quintana is struggling somewhat lately. He has allowed 16 runs over his last 12.0 innings of work. This season he has 71 strikeouts with 28 walks. His WHIP is 1.41. Carrasco has also struggled in recent weeks. His ERA has went up by 1.5. He has 68 strikeouts with 18 walks and a 0.96 WHIP.
The White Sox took Saturday’s game 5-3 after Cleveland had won the opener 7-3. These two have hit the over once and under once in this weekend series. Cleveland is 30-29 overall, 13-15 at home and 34-22 with the under. Chicago is 26-34 overall, 14-23 on the road and 29-28 with the over.
Chicago racked up 14 hits in Saturday’s win, but only produced five runs. They left seven runs on the bases in the win. Still, Jose Abreu and Melky Cabrera each had three hits in the win while Matt Davidson drove in two. The Sox ran Josh Tomlin out after just 2.2 innings. He took his eighth loss by allowing four runs on nine hits. David Holmberg got the win by going five innings and allowing just two runs on five hits. Edwin Encarnacion hit his 12th home run of the season in the loss.
Both pitchers have good numbers for the season entering this game, but both have been struggling in recent starts as well. I think the struggles will continue against lineups that are familiar with both pitchers. The two teams have put up an average of 9 runs through the first two games and both bullpens have gotten their fair share of work. Without a lot of arms to offer up, I can see the runs piling up.
MLB DAILY PREDICTION: WHITE SOX/INDIANS OVER 9