Guardians vs. White Sox odds, tips and betting trends

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06 August 2023

Guardians vs. White Sox odds, tips and betting trends

In the final game of a three-game set at Progressive Field, the Chicago White Sox (44-68) play the Cleveland Guardians (54-57), Sunday at 12:05 PM ET.

The Guardians are favored at home (-139) against the White Sox (+118). The starting pitchers are Xzavion Curry (3-1) for the Cleveland Guardians, and Jesse Scholtens (1-4) for the Chicago White Sox.

The White Sox defeated the Guardians 7-4 yesterday, with Michael Kopech getting the win (5.1 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 3 K) and Elvis Andrus leading the way offensively (going 3-for-3 with a double, a home run and two RBI). Noah Syndergaard (6.0 IP, 5 R, 9 H, 3 K) took the loss for the Guardians.

Here is everything you need to get ready for Sunday’s Guardians vs. White Sox game, including viewing options.

Cleveland Guardians vs. Chicago White Sox Odds and Betting Lines

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Favorite: Guardians (-139, bet $139 to win $100)
Underdog: White Sox (+118, bet $100 to win $118)
Over/under: 9

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Guardians Stats and Trends

Guardians Betting Records

The Guardians have won 34, or 55.7%, of the 61 games they’ve played as favorites this season.
Cleveland is 20-13 this season when entering a game favored by -139 or more on the moneyline.
The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 58.2% chance of a victory for the Guardians.
Cleveland and its opponents have hit the over in 47 of its 110 games with a total this season.
The Guardians are 57-53-0 ATS in their 110 games with a spread this season.

Xzavion Curry (Guardians Probable Starter)

Curry makes the start for the Guardians, his fourth of the season. He is 3-1 with a 2.90 ERA and 41 strikeouts in 59 2/3 innings pitched.
His last time out came in relief on Wednesday when the righty tossed 1 2/3 scoreless innings against the Houston Astros while giving up two hits.
The 25-year-old has a 2.90 ERA and 6.3 strikeouts per nine innings across 28 games this season, while giving up a batting average of .237 to his opponents.
He will face off against a White Sox offense that is batting .237 as a unit (22nd in MLB). It is also slugging a collective .387 (24th in MLB) with 124 total home runs (19th in MLB).
Curry has a 2.45 ERA and a 1.5 WHIP against the White Sox this season in 7 1/3 innings pitched, allowing a .250 batting average over four appearances.

Guardians Batting Stats

The Guardians have hit just 83 homers this season, which ranks last in the league.
Hitters for Cleveland have combined to rank 27th in the majors with a .381 team slugging percentage.
The Guardians have a team batting average of .250 this season, which ranks 16th among MLB teams.
Cleveland has scored the fifth-fewest runs in the majors this season with just 454 (4.1 per game).
The Guardians have an OBP of .314 this season, which ranks 21st in MLB.
Cleveland is the best at avoiding strikeouts in MLB this season with only 769 as a team.

White Sox Stats and Trends

White Sox Betting Records

The White Sox have come away with 25 wins in the 76 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
This season, Chicago has come away with a win 14 times in 43 chances when named as an underdog of at least +118 or longer on the moneyline.
The White Sox have an implied victory probability of 45.9% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
Chicago and its opponents have gone over in 50 of its 111 games with a total set by sportsbooks this season.
The White Sox have an against the spread mark of 52-59-0 in 111 games with a line this season.

Jesse Scholtens (White Sox Probable Starter)

Scholtens makes the start for the White Sox, his fourth of the season. He is 1-4 with a 3.07 ERA and 29 strikeouts through 44 2/3 innings pitched.
In his most recent outing on Wednesday against the Texas Rangers, the right-hander threw six innings, giving up one earned run while surrendering three hits.
In 17 games this season, the 29-year-old has an ERA of 3.07, with 5.9 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are batting .248 against him.
Scholtens has one quality start under his belt this season.
Scholtens enters this game with two outings of five or more innings pitched this year.
In nine of his appearances this season he did not surrender an earned run.
He meets a Guardians offense that ranks 26th in the league with 454 total runs scored while batting .250 as a squad. His opponent has a collective .381 slugging percentage (27th in MLB play) and has hit a total of 83 home runs (30th in the league).
Scholtens has a 1.5 ERA and a 0.833 WHIP against the Guardians this season in six innings pitched, allowing a .158 batting average over two appearances.

White Sox Batting Stats

The White Sox rank 19th in baseball with 124 home runs. They average 1.1 per game.
So far this year, Chicago is 24th in baseball, slugging .387.
The White Sox are 22nd in the majors with a .237 batting average.
The offense for Chicago is the No. 25 offense in the majors, scoring 4.1 runs per game (459 total runs).
The White Sox are last in MLB with a .295 on-base percentage.

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