Padres vs. White Sox Pick
Can the Chicago White Sox salvage a series win when they take on the San Diego Padres today at 2:10PM ET?
According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, the White Sox are the clear favorite at home, as they are getting odds of -185 to win. The Padres are listed with a money line of +170 to prevail. The over/under total for the game is set at 9 runs.
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Today’s pitching matchup features two struggling pitchers as Jose Quintana (2-5, 4.46 ERA) is on the mound for the Sox to face Jered Weaver (0-4, 6.81) of the Padres. The Padres have lost all seven games Weaver has started. He has given up 33 runs in 35.2 innings and has just 20 strikeouts in 2017. Quintana had put together back-to-back good starts, but allowed four runs and nine hits in five innings last week against the Orioles. He now has a WHIP of 1.44.
These two have split the first two games of this series. The Padres picked up a 6-3 win on Friday and then the White Sox bounced back last night with a 5-4 win. San Diego is now 14-24 overall and 7-15 on the road. Chicago is 16-18 overall and 7-8 at home.
The White Sox got an emotional walk-off win on Saturday when Yolmer Sanchez drove in Tyler Saladino in the ninth. It was the 10th hit for the White Sox in the game. Avisail Garcia hit his sixth home run of the season to lead the Sox in the win while the Chicago bullpen pitched 4.2 innings and allowed just one hit and one run. San Diego was led by Manuel Margot, who was 3-of-5 at the plate with his fourth home run of the season.
Weaver is a shell of the pitcher he once was. It’s sad to see how far he has fallen in such a short time. He can’t strike players out and is giving up hits with ease. Quintana had a somewhat tough outing last week, but that was against a strong Baltimore team. Prior to that he had allowed just one run in his last two starts combined. Now that he is facing a weak lineup, his stats should return to form. Look for him to go deep today and lead the Sox to a win.
MLB DAILY PREDICTION: CHICAGO WHITE SOX -185