The Boston Red Sox (70-70) hope to avoid their sixth straight defeat when they host the Chicago White Sox (32-109) Friday at 7:10 p.m. ET on NESN. The Red Sox are listed as -284 favorites to snap their losing skid, while the White Sox are +233 underdogs.
Boston’s Nick Pivetta and Chicago’s Davis Martin have been named the starters for this contest.
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The Red Sox are 37-30 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 55.2% of those games).
Boston has not yet played as moneyline favorites of -284 or shorter.
The White Sox have entered the game as underdogs 132 times this season and won 27, or 20.5%, of those games.
Chicago has entered 18 games this season as the underdog by +233 or more and is 3-15 in those contests.
The Red Sox have played in 138 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 72 times (72-59-7).
The White Sox’s games have gone over the total in 61 of their 140 chances.
Red Sox Stats & Insights
The Red Sox rank 11th in runs scored with 664, 4.7 per game.
Boston is eighth in MLB action with 172 home runs. They average 1.2 per game.
The Red Sox are fifth in MLB with a .256 batting average.
Boston’s hitters strike out 9.7 times per game, the 28th-most in the majors.
The pitching staff for the Red Sox has a collective 8.5 K/9, which ranks 17th in the majors.
Boston has the 20th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.19).
White Sox Stats & Insights
The White Sox have scored 431 runs (just 3.1 per game) this season, which ranks last in MLB.
Chicago has hit just 112 homers this season, which ranks last in the majors.
The White Sox have a team batting average of just .220 this season, which ranks 29th among MLB teams.
Chicago ranks 19th in strikeouts per game (8.7) among MLB offenses.
The White Sox strike out 8.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 14th in MLB.
Chicago has pitched to a 4.89 ERA this season, which ranks 29th in baseball.
Red Sox Key Players to Watch
Pivetta (5-10 with a 4.53 ERA and 141 strikeouts in 117 1/3 innings pitched) makes the start for the Red Sox, his 22nd of the season.
Jarren Duran leads Boston with a batting average of .294. He’s also hit 21 home runs with 72 RBI.
Rafael Devers leads Boston in home runs (28) and runs batted in (81) this season while batting .277.
Ceddanne Rafaela is slashing .253/.282/.402 this season for the Red Sox.
Tyler O’Neill is batting .255 with an OBP of .347 and a slugging percentage of .516 this season.
White Sox Key Players to Watch
The White Sox’s Martin (0-3) will make his seventh start of the season.
Andrew Vaughn paces the White Sox with 16 home runs and 60 runs batted in.
Andrew Benintendi is hitting .217 with 19 doubles, 15 home runs and 36 walks.
Gavin Sheets has put up a team-high batting average of .244.
Nicky Lopez is hitting .241 with 12 doubles, three triples, a home run and 34 walks.
Red Sox and White Sox Injuries
Red Sox: David Hamilton: 10 Day IL (Finger), Lucas Sims: 15 Day IL (Lat), Cam Booser: 15 Day IL (Elbow), LuÃs Garcia: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Lucas Giolito: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Chris Murphy: 60 Day IL (Elbow), James Paxton: 60 Day IL (Leg), Liam Hendriks: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Bryan Mata: 60 Day IL (Hamstring), Garrett Whitlock: 60 Day IL (Oblique), Trevor Story: 60 Day IL (Shoulder)
White Sox: Brooks Baldwin: 10 Day IL (Wrist), Mike Soroka: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Drew Thorpe: 15 Day IL (Flexor), Steven Wilson: 15 Day IL (Back), Jordan Leasure: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Max Stassi: 60 Day IL (Hip), Jimmy Lambert: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Jesse Scholtens: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Mike Clevinger: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Dominic Leone: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Yoán Moncada: 60 Day IL (Abductor), Korey Lee: day-to-day (Back), Miguel Vargas: day-to-day (Eye)
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