Cleveland Indians at Chicago White Sox Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 18-19 Chicago White Sox play host to the 16-23 Cleveland Indians tonight in MLB action on the grass of Cellular Field, May 21, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 8:10PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Indians -126/White Sox +116
O/U Total: 8.5

Pitching Matchup
Danny Salazar (R) W/L 4-1 WHIP 1.04 ERA 4.06
John Danks (L) W/L 2-3 WHIP 1.37 ERA 4.66

Cleveland defeated Chicago 4-3 last night. They are now 4-2 on their current road trip and 5-3 in their last 8 games. The White Sox are 1-2 on their current homestand and 7-3 in their past 10 games overall.

The season series is knotted up at 4 games apiece between these two AL Central rivals.

Salazar received a no decision in his last start, a 10-8 win at Texas. He went 4.2 innings and surrendered 5 ERs. It was his worst start of the season and he has 3 Q starts on the year.

Danks was a 4-3 winner at Oakland in his last outing. He went 7 innings, allowed 2 runs and had 6 Ks. It was his 4th Q start in his last 5 games.

Reserve OF Ryan Raburn has the most ABs of any Indians hitter vs. Danks. He is 17-47 (.362) with 4 HRs and 12 RBIs off of the veteran left-hander. Reserve IF Mike Aviles has 30 ABs vs. Danks and is hitting .333 with 2 SBs. 1B Carlos Santana and OF Michael Brantley has struggled vs. the lefty as they are a combined 12-58 (.207).

Sox SS Alexi Ramirez is 8-10 (.800) off of Salazar with a homer and 3 RBIs. Two other hitters with success against Salazar in limited ABs are 1B Jose Abreu (2-5, 2 homers) and OF Avisail Garcia (2-5, HR).

Cleveland at Chicago Betting Trends

The Indians are 4-2 straight up in their last 6 games.
Cleveland is 8-4 straight up in their last 12 games against the Chicago White Sox.
The game total has gone under in 4 of Cleveland’s last 5 road games.
Chicago White Sox are 6-2 straight up in their last 8 games.
The game total has gone under in 5 of Chicago’s last 5 games at home against Cleveland.

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
Carlos Santana 1B Day-to-Day (back)
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: 48%
Chicago: 52%

Free MLB Pick

White Sox starter John Danks’ current form is good and while his historical batter versus pitcher numbers (.290 batting average) is poor his last three home starts versus Cleveland were Q starts.
Indians’ starter Danny Salazer last two road starts were not good allowing a combined 11 runs (9ER) in 11 2/3 on this game and has been hit hard by Chicago’s lineup batting .360 with 5 HRs in 50 at bats.

Take the Chicago White Sox + 116‏