Red Sox vs. White Sox Pick
Will the Boston Red Sox pick up another win as a road favorite when they take on the Chicago White Sox tonight at 8:10PM ET?
According to oddsmakers at BetDSI, Boston is the clear road favorite again, as they are getting odds of -160 to win. The White Sox are listed with a money line of +140 to prevail, while the over/under total is set at 9.5 runs.
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The pitching matchup for this game has Mike Pelfrey (2-4, 4.41 ERA) on the mound for Chicago to face Drew Pomeranz (4-3, 4.70) of the Red Sox. Pelfrey has had back-to-back promising starts, allowing just 2 earned runs over 11 innings with 10 strikeouts and 1 walk. He now has just 18 strikeouts on the season with a WHIP of 1.21. Pomeranz is also coming off some decent outings, but he isn’t lasting long into games. He has yet to get past 6 innings this year. He has given up 23 earned runs with 17 walks and 56 strikeouts in 44 innings of work. His WHIP this season is 1.39.
These two have split the first two games of the season. Chicago picked up a 5-4 win on Monday and then Boston earned a 13-7 win on Tuesday night. Chicago is 24-27 overall and 12-10 at home while Boston is 28-23 overall and 11-13 on the road.
Chris Sale made his return to Chicago on Tuesday. He struggled, though, lasing just 5 innings. He gave up 10 hits and six runs with nine strikeouts. The Boston bullpen had to clean up, going 4 innings while allowing just one run. Chicago struggled on the mound, using four pitchers. Jose Quintana allowed 7 runs in 2.2 innings and the three White Sox relievers all gave up two runs. Xander Bogaerts had four hits for Boston while Deven Marrero had five RBI and Jackie Bradley Jr. had four RBI.
The White Sox didn’t get any help on the mound yesterday and that could be a problem again today. Boston is likely to struggle on the mound as well, as Pomeranz hasn’t been able to last deep into games. Still, when comparing the two lineups, Boston has the better options. I see the Red Sox more likely to rack up the big innings than Chicago, so go with the favored Sox.
MLB DAILY PREDICTION: BOSTON RED SOX -160