Red Sox vs. White Sox odds, tips and betting trends

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21 September 2023

Red Sox vs. White Sox odds, tips and betting trends

At Fenway Park on Friday, the Chicago White Sox (two straight defeats) play the Boston Red Sox (two losses in a row) at 7:10 PM ET.

The favored Red Sox (-219 on the moneyline to win) play at home against the White Sox (+180). The matchup on the mound for this contest is set with the Boston Red Sox looking to Chris Sale (6-4), and Touki Toussaint (4-7) taking the ball for the Chicago White Sox.

The Red Sox lost 15-5 against the Rangers Friday, with Brayan Bello taking the loss. He threw three innings, giving up eight earned runs on eight hits while striking out two. Adam Duvall went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI to lead the Red Sox offensively.

Friday, the White Sox fell to the Nationals 13-3. Tanner Banks was the losing pitcher after he went 1/3 of an inning, giving up two earned runs on three hits. Andrew Vaughn paced the White Sox’s offense, going 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.

To prepare for this Red Sox vs. White Sox matchup, here’s everything you need to get ready for Friday’s MLB action, including viewing options.

Boston Red Sox vs. Chicago White Sox odds and betting lines

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Favorite: Red Sox (-219, bet $219 to win $100)
Underdog: White Sox (+180, bet $100 to win $180)
Over/under: 9

The Red Sox have won 36, or 51.4%, of the 70 games they’ve played as favorites this season.
This season Boston has won five of its eight games when favored by at least -219 on the moneyline.
The implied probability of a win from the Red Sox, based on the moneyline, is 68.7%.
So far this season, Boston and its opponents have hit the over in 81 of 152 games with a total.
The Red Sox are 75-77-0 against the spread this season.

Sale (6-4 with a 4.66 ERA and 116 strikeouts in 92 2/3 innings pitched) makes the start for the Red Sox, his 19th of the season.
The left-hander’s most recent appearance came on Saturday against the Toronto Blue Jays, when he threw six innings, surrendering one earned run while allowing two hits.
The 34-year-old has amassed an ERA of 4.66, with 11.3 strikeouts per nine innings, in 18 games this season. Opponents have a .231 batting average against him.
Sale is trying to record his seventh quality start of the season in this game.
Sale is trying to secure his 12th start of five or more innings this season in this outing.
In one of his appearances this season he did not give up an earned run.
He will face a White Sox offense that ranks 20th in MLB with 1251 total hits (on a .240 batting average). The team also slugs a collective .388 (26th in MLB) with 164 total home runs (19th in MLB).

The Red Sox have hit 178 homers this season, which ranks 16th in the league.
Hitters for Boston have a combined .431 slugging percentage this season, which ranks seventh in MLB.
The Red Sox rank third in MLB with a .261 team batting average.
Boston has scored the eighth-most runs in the majors this season with 749.
The Red Sox have an on-base percentage of .327 this season, which ranks 10th in the league.
Boston ranks 13th in strikeouts per game (8.4) among MLB offenses.

The White Sox have come away with 34 wins in the 106 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
This season, Chicago has come away with a win four times in eight chances when named as an underdog of at least +180 or worse on the moneyline.
The moneyline set for this matchup implies the White Sox have a 35.7% chance of walking away with the win.
Chicago’s games have gone over the total in 69 of its 151 opportunities.
The White Sox have an against the spread record of 73-78-0 in 151 games with a line this season.

Toussaint makes the start for the White Sox, his 15th of the season. He is 4-7 with a 5.40 ERA and 79 strikeouts through 76 2/3 innings pitched.
In his most recent time out on Saturday, the righty went five innings against the Minnesota Twins, giving up one earned run while surrendering three hits.
The 27-year-old has a 5.40 ERA and 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings in 18 games this season, while allowing a batting average of .222 to opposing batters.
Toussaint heads into the game with one quality start under his belt this year.
Toussaint is looking to secure his 11th start of five or more innings this season in this game.
In four of his appearances this season he did not allow an earned run.
He will face off against a Red Sox offense that ranks third in the league with 1377 total hits (on a .261 batting average). The squad also slugs a collective .431 (seventh in the league) with 178 total home runs (16th in MLB action).

The White Sox rank 19th in MLB play with 164 total home runs.
So far this year, Chicago’s .388 slugging percentage is the fifth-lowest percentage in the majors.
The White Sox have the 23rd-ranked batting average in the majors (.240).
Chicago is the third-lowest scoring team in MLB action averaging 4.1 runs per game (624 total).
The White Sox rank last in the majors with a .294 on-base percentage.