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The Chicago White Sox (10-28) and Cleveland Guardians (24-14) meet Friday at Guaranteed Rate Field, starting at 7:40 PM ET on NBCS-CHI. The White Sox are -118 moneyline favorites for the contest, however, the Guardians are favored against the spread of 1.5 runs with +169 odds.
Chicago’s Garrett Crochet gets the start, and he’ll go against Cleveland’s Carlos Carrasco.
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This is the first time this season the White Sox are playing as the moneyline favorite.
Chicago has never played a game this season with moneyline odds of -118 or shorter.
The Guardians have been underdogs in 15 games this season and won nine (60%) of those contests.
Cleveland has a record of 9-6, a 60% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of -102 or more by bookmakers this season.
The White Sox have had an over/under set by bookmakers 38 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 17 of those games (17-20-1).
So far this season, the Guardians and their opponents have hit the over in 20 of their 38 games with a total.
White Sox Stats & Insights
The White Sox are the lowest scoring team in baseball averaging 2.9 runs per game (110 total).
Chicago is last in MLB action with 26 home runs.
The White Sox have the second-worst batting average in the league (.212).
Chicago strikes out 8.4 times per game to rank 17th in the majors.
The 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the White Sox pitching staff ranks 23rd in MLB.
Chicago’s 4.81 team ERA ranks 26th across all MLB pitching staffs.
Guardians Stats & Insights
The Guardians have scored the ninth-most runs in the league this season with 184.
Cleveland has hit 40 homers this season, which ranks ninth in the majors.
The Guardians have a team batting average of .240 this season, which ranks 17th among MLB teams.
Cleveland is one of the best teams in baseball at making contact this season, ranking seventh with an average of 7.6 strikeouts per game.
The Guardians average 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, fourth-most in the majors.
Cleveland pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.53 ERA this year, ninth-best in baseball.
White Sox Key Players to Watch
Crochet (2-4) takes the mound for the White Sox in his ninth start of the season. He’s put together a 5.31 ERA in 40 2/3 innings pitched, with 53 strikeouts.
Gavin Sheets leads Chicago with a .257 batting average. He’s also hit three homers and has 12 RBI.
Eloy Jimenez is batting .221 with an OBP of .272 and a slugging percentage of .368 this season.
Andrew Benintendi leads Chicago in runs batted in (13) this season. He has a .189 batting average and a .280 slugging percentage.
Paul DeJong’s five home runs are most among Chicago batters. He’s driven in 11 runs this season while slugging .460.
Guardians Key Players to Watch
Carrasco (2-2) will take the mound for the Guardians, his eighth start of the season.
Jose Ramirez has collected a team-best 31 runs batted in.
Josh Naylor has hit 10 home runs to pace his team.
Andres Gimenez is batting .248 with seven doubles, a triple, a home run and eight walks.
Will Brennan has five doubles, four home runs and six walks while batting .250.
White Sox and Guardians Injuries
White Sox: Danny Mendick: 10 Day IL (Back), Luis Robert: 10 Day IL (Hip), Dominic Leone: 15 Day IL (Back), Max Stassi: 60 Day IL (Hip), Jimmy Lambert: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Jesse Scholtens: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Matt Foster: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Shane Drohan: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Yoán Moncada: 60 Day IL (Abductor)
Guardians: Steven Kwan: 10 Day IL (Hamstring), Eli Morgan: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), James Karinchak: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Angel Martinez: 60 Day IL (Foot), Shane Bieber: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Trevor Stephan: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Gavin Williams: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
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