White Sox vs Athletics Odds, Picks & Predictions (Sep. 10)

The Chicago White Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 5-3 on Friday night. The game is the third in a four-game series at RingCentral Coliseum. Chicago is second in the American League Central, 1.5 games behind the first-place Cleveland Guardians. Oakland is on a losing streak and has dropped eight of its last nine games.

The weather forecast calls for mostly cloudy, a high temperature of 77 degrees and wind from the southwest at 11-16 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. The White Sox are -182 favorites and the Athletics are listed at +200000. Chicago’s World Series odds are +8000 and Athletics” are +0000.

Lance Lynn is scheduled to start for the White Sox against rookie Adrian Martinez. Lynn has been outstanding since the beginning of August, going 4-1 with a 2.06 ERA in seven starts. He gave up only one unearned run on three hits in 7 innings to beat the Mariners on Monday in Seattle.

Martinez won his second straight starts with six shutout innings against the Orioles in Baltimore last Sunday. This will be Martinez's first career start against White Sox. Martinez is 2-1 with a 3.68 ERA in three starts at home this year.

Sean Murphy is 0-for-8 against Lynn and Ramon Laureano is 1- for-14 against him.

The White Sox scored five runs in the ninth to beat the Athletics. Elvis Andrus' two-run double broke a 3-3 tie. Jose Abreu's 12-game hitting streak ended.

Lynn has turned his season around after a knee surgery. The White Sox need every win in September. Friday's win over the Athletics was thrilling.