Chicago White Sox at Texas Rangers Free Pick and Betting Odds. The 26-25 Texas Rangers play host to the 23-26 Chicago White Sox tonight in MLB play on the grass of Globe Life Park, June 2, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 8:05PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: White Sox -113/Rangers +103
O/U Total: 8.5

Pitching Matchup
Jeff Samardzija (R) W/L 4-2 WHIP 1.25 ERA 3.84
Colby Lewis (R) W/L 4-3 WHIP 1.28 ERA 4.70

Both of these teams had the day off yesterday. Chicago is 4-4 on their current road trip and 4-6 overall in their last 10 games. Texas is 3-1 on their homestand and 8-2 in their past 10 games.

This will be the first game of the season between these two clubs. The Rangers won the series 4-2 in 2014 and have a 5-4 edge in the last 9 encounters.

Samardzija received a no decision in his last start, a 5-3 win at Toronto. He didn’t allow a run over 7 innings of work for his 6th Q start of the season.

Lewis continued his recent poor form in a 12-3 loss at Cleveland. He surrendered 9 ERs in only 2.2 innings and has now yielded 19 ERs in his last 14.1 innings over his last 3 starts. He has 4 Q starts for the year.

Sox SS Alexi Ramirez is the only player with more than 9 ABs vs. Lewis. He is 5-19 (.263) with an RBI. OF J. B. Shuck is 2-2 with an RBI and the only SB vs. the right-hander. OF Melky Cabrera is 3-6 with an RBI. No one in the lineup has homered off of Lewis.

Rangers OF Josh Hamilton is 2-6 (.333) has hit 2 homers and knocked in 4 runs against Samardzija while 1B Prince Fielder is 3-8 (.375) with a HR and 3 RBIs. C Robinson Chirinos and OF Shin-Soo Choo have also gone deep against the veteran right-hander. SS Elvis Andrus and IF Adam Rosales have each stolen a base.

Chicago at Texas Betting Trends

Chicago is 4-2 straight up in their last 6 games.
The game total has gone under in 12 of Chicago’s last 18 games on the road in Texas.
The White Sox are 2-4 straight up in their last 6 games against Texas.
The Rangers are 10-2 straight up in their last 12 games.
The game total has gone under in 4 of Texas’s last 5 games at home.

Injury Report

CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Jose Abreu 1B Day-to-Day (hand)
Matt Albers P 15-Day Disabled List
Nate Jones P 60-Day Disabled List

TEXAS RANGERS
Adrian Beltre 3B 15-Day Disabled List
Kyle Blanks 1B 15-Day Disabled List
Lisalverto Bonilla 60-Day Disabled List
Yu Darvish P 60-Day Disabled List
Ross Detwiler P 15-Day Disabled List
Neftali Feliz P 15-Day Disabled List
Matt Harrison P 60-Day Disabled List
Derek Holland P 60-Day Disabled List
Martin Perez P 60-Day Disabled List
Jurickson Profar 60-Day Disabled List
Antoan Richardson 60-Day Disabled List
Ryan Rua OF 60-Day Disabled List
Nick Tepesch P 60-Day Disabled List

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

Free MLB Pick

Neither pitcher has decent historical stats against their opponent’s roster with the Rangers hitting .273 and .858 against Jeff Samardzija and the White Sox batting .292 with a .686 OPS against Colby Lewis. Both teams have been putting runs on the board and we expect more of the same tonight.

Take the OVER 8.5 -115‏