Cleveland Indians at Chicago White Sox Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 17-17 Chicago White Sox play host to the14-22 Cleveland Indians tonight in MLB action on the grass of US Cellular Field, May 18, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 8:10PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: White Sox -111/Indians +101
O/U Total: 7

Pitching Matchup
Corey Kluber (R) W/L 1-5 WHIP 1.20 ERA 4.27
Chris Sale (L) W/L 3-1 WHIP 1.36 ERA 5.09

Cleveland was a 5-1 loser at Texas yesterday. They are now 2-1 on their road trip but 4-6 in their last 10 games. Chicago was a 7-3 winner at Oakland on Sunday and has now won 5-straight games, all on the road. They are 7-1 in their last 8 games and 10-5 at home in 2015.

The White Sox have a 3-2 lead in the season series between these two AL Central opponents but the Indians have a 6-3 edge in the last 9 meetings.

Kluber is coming off the best performance by any pitcher in the majors this season. He defeated St. Louis 2-0 with an 8-inning, 1-hit and 18 Ks performance. He also didn’t walk a batter. It was his first win of the season and Cleveland’s 1st win in his 8 starts. He now has 3 Q starts for the year.

Sale was a 4-2 winner at Milwaukee last week. He went 8 innings allowing 2 runs and struck out 11. He has 4 Q starts in 2015.

Cleveland has several hitters with past success vs. Sale. 1B Carlos Santana is hitting .370 while OF-DH Nick Swisher is hitting .333 with 2 HRs and 4 RBIs. OF Ryan Raburn is batting .280 with 2 HRs and 5 RBIs vs. the big left-hander.

Chicago has had success against the reigning AL Cy Young winner as evidenced by the following numbers; OF Melky Cabrera is hitting .455, 3B Conor Gillaspie .368 and OF Avisail Garcia .364. 1B Jose Abreu is batting .381 with 2 HRs and 6 RBIs off of the right-hander. No other Sox player has gone deep vs. Kluber.

Cleveland at Chicago Betting Trends

The Indians are 6-3 straight up in their last 9 games against the Chicago White Sox
The game total has gone under the posted total in 5 of Cleveland’s last 5 games against the Sox.
Cleveland is 3-7 straight up in their last 10 games on the road in Chicago White Sox.
The Sox are 6-2 straight up in their last 8 games at home.
The game total has gone under the posted total 8 times in Chicago’s last 12 home games.

Injury Report

CLEVELAND INDIANS
Gavin Floyd P 60-Day Disabled List
Yan Gomes C 15-Day Disabled List
T.J. House P 15-Day Disabled List
Josh Tomlin P 60-Day Disabled List

CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Matt Albers P 15-Day Disabled List
Rob Brantly C 15-Day Disabled List
Nate Jones P 60-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Cleveland: 42%
Chicago: 58%

Free MLB Pick

We’re going to go with the opinion that Corey Kluber is back. He is coming off a 113 pitch outing which is the most he has thrown this season but he responded well last season in similar situations, so we’re going to take that angle today. Chris Sale returned to form after a couple of sub-par efforts, but we feel they were more to do with time between games than anything else. A lot of assumptions on our part so we won’t be betting the house on this but with two of the best AL pitchers from last season on the mound we’ll side with the UNDER.

Take the UNDER 7‏