Chicago White Sox at Texas Rangers Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 21-32 Miami Marlins host the 27-23 Chicago Cubs tonight in MLB action on the grass of Marlins Park, June 3, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 10PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Cubs -112/Marlins +102
O/U Total: 7

Pitching Matchup
Chris Sale (L) W/L 4-2 WHIP 1.08 ERA 3.66
Nick Martinez (R) W/L 4-1 WHIP 1.26 ERA 2.03

Texas crushed Chicago 15-2 yesterday and is now 4-1 on their current homestand. They are 8-2 in their past 10 games. The White Sox are 4-5 on their road trip, 4-6 in their past 10 games.

Last night was the first matchup of the season between these two clubs and Texas has a 5-2 lead in the last 7 meetings.

Sale turned in his best pitching performance of the season in his last start, a 3-2 win at Baltimore. He went 7.2 innings, gave up no runs and struck out 12. It was his 7th Q start of the season and he has fanned 40 hitters in his last 4 starts.

Martinez absorbed his first loss of the season last week in a 5-1 loss to Boston. He went 7 innings and gave up only 2 ERs for his 7th Q start of the year. The Rangers are 8-2 in his 10 starts.

No one on the White Sox has more than 3 ABs vs. Martinez. C Tyler Flowers is 2-2 with a solo HR and the 8 hitters that have faced the young right-hander are a combined 9-18 (.500).

Utilityman Adam Rosales has owned Sale in their few matchups going 6-11 (.545) with 3 HRs and 6 RBIs. Most of his teammates haven’t had the same success against the veteran southpaw as the quartet of SS Elvis Andrus, 1B Prince Fielder and OFs Josh Hamilton and Shin-Soo Choo are a combined 10-71 (.141) with no homers and 2 RBIs.

Chicago at Miami Betting Trends

The Cubs are 6-3 straight up in their last 9 games against Miami.
Chicago is 6-3 straight up in their last 9 games on the road in Miami.
The game total has gone under in 4 of Miami’s last 5 games at home.
Miami is 6-16 straight up in their last 22 games.
The Marlins are 3-10 straight up in their last 13 games at home.

Injury Report

CHICAGO CUBS
Chris Denorfia OF 15-Day Disabled List
Tommy La Stella 2B 15-Day Disabled List
Mike Olt 3B 60-Day Disabled List
Neil Ramirez P 15-Day Disabled List
Jacob Turner P 60-Day Disabled List

MIAMI MARLINS
Henderson Alvarez 15-Day Disabled List
Jarred Cosart P 15-Day Disabled List
Aaron Crow P 60-Day Disabled List
Jose Fernandez P 60-Day Disabled List
Don Kelly 1B 15-Day Disabled List
Mat Latos P 15-Day Disabled List
Jeff Mathis C 15-Day Disabled List
Michael Morse 1B 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Chicago: 60%
Miami: 40%

Free MLB Pick

It is so difficult going against the hottest team in baseball right now, but that’s exactly what we are going to do tonight. Chisox starter Chris Sale has been spectacular this season excluding two starts that we feel were the effect of the Baltimore Riots. Sale pitched on extras days rest after the riots in Baltimore made a mess of Chicago’s rotation schedule. He has very good historical pitching statistics against the current roster holding them to a .207 batting average in 111 at bats. The White Sox lineup has just 18 bats against Texas starter Nick Martinez but they have pounded out 9 hits including 3 extra base hits.

Take the Chicago White Sox -1.5 +130‏