Blue Jays odds vs. White Sox July 4: Toronto is a slight road favourite vs. Lucas Giolito

The Toronto Blue Jays are south of the border on Independence Day to face the Chicago White Sox.

The pregame narrative: Toronto hopes to close out its pre-all-star-break schedule on a high note, and that could start tonight against Chicago. The White Sox scored just two runs over three games at Rogers Centre in April, suffering a sweep to the Blue Jays in the process.

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MLB odds as of 9:45 a.m. ET on 07/04/23.

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After an abysmal showing at home against the Red Sox, Toronto will face the other Sox in a three-game set on Chicago’s south side.

The White Sox took two of three from Boston during the final weekend of July but are coming off a 3-4 showing out west — including a series loss to the lowly Oakland A’s.

Both Toronto (45-40) and Chicago (37-49) sit in fourth place in their respective divisions. But the White Sox are merely 6.0 games out of the AL Central’s top spot, while the Jays are 11.0 back in the East. Life just isn’t fair.

As Toronto looks to inch up the standings, starter Chris Bassitt will try to exorcise some road demons tonight. The former White Sox draftee — who debuted with Chicago in 2014 — has had a stark home/road split this year:

• Home (eight starts): 4-1, 2.41 ERA, 0.841 WHIP
• Road (nine starts): 4-4, 5.89 ERA, 1.585 WHIP

Bassitt earned a win against the White Sox at Rogers Centre back in April, tossing 6.1 innings and allowing just a pair of runs in a 5-2 victory.

Chicago starter Lucas Giolito is in fine form right now, but he was knocked around by the Blue Jays twice last season. He took a pair of losses against Toronto in 2022, yielding 13 runs on 19 hits over just 9.2 frames.

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George Springer is 3-for-9 with two doubles in his career against Giolito, and he’s scored a run in six of his past 10 games.

Bo Bichette, meanwhile, is 3-for-8 against Giolito — with a double and a homer. The shortstop has notched at least one RBI in four of his past seven games.

Coming off a career-high strikeout total (12), Bassitt might seem like a guy to back at over 5.5 Ks (+150). But heed our warning: Bassitt has fallen below this line in six of his past eight games, and he owns just a 15.6% K-rate against the active White Sox lineup.