Houston Astros at Chicago White Sox Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 25-30 Chicago White Sox play host to the 34-24 Houston Astro’s tonight in MLB action on the grass of US Cellular Field, June 8, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 8:10PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: White Sox -144/Astros +134
O/U Total: 7

Pitching Matchup
Lance McCullers (R) W/L 2-0 WHIP 1.00 ERA 1.88
Chris Sale (L) W/L 5-2 WHIP 1.05 ERA 3.27

Houston blew a late lead and lost 7-6 at Toronto yesterday to complete the sweep. They are 0-3 on their road trip and 4-6 in their last 10 games. Chicago was a 6-4 loser to Detroit on Sunday and is now 1-2 on their homestand. They are 4-6 in their past 10 games.

The White Sox have a 2-1 lead in the season series and a 6-4 advantage in the last 10 encounters between these two clubs.

McCullers was a 3-1 winner over Baltimore in his last start. He had a complete game, allowed 1 run and struck out 11. It was his 2nd Q start in 4 appearances this season. He has allowed 1 run three times and 2 runs once in his 4 career starts.

Sale was a 9-2 winner at Texas last week, going 7 innings, allowing 0 runs and striking out 13 for his 8th Q start on the year. He has fanned 53 hitters in his last 5 starts.

Astros hitters have had little success against Sale over the years. 2B Jose Altuve is 3-10 (.300) with an RBI and has the only SB against Sale. 1B Chris Carter is 2-10 (.200) and has the only HR against the veteran southpaw.

No one on Chicago has more than 3 ABs vs. McCullers. 1B Jose Abreu is 2-3 (.667) while 3 other hitters are 1-2 against the young right-hander. The other 5 hitters to have seen McCullers before are a combined 0-10.

Houston at Chicago Betting Trends

Houston is 1-4 straight up in their last 5 games.
The Astro’s are 2-4 straight up in their last 6 games against the White Sox.
The game total has gone under in 4 of Houston’s last 5 games on the road in Chicago.
The White Sox are 1-4 straight up in their last 5 home games.
Chicago is 2-4 straight up in their last 6 games.

Injury Report

HOUSTON ASTROS
Samuel Deduno P 15-Day Disabled List
Scott Feldman P 15-Day Disabled List
Jed Lowrie SS 60-Day Disabled List
Brad Peacock P 15-Day Disabled List

CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Matt Albers P 15-Day Disabled List
Dan Jennings P 15-Day Disabled List
Nate Jones P 60-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Houston: 51%
Chicago: 49%

Free MLB Pick

The Astros have got a good one in Lance McCullers who has allowed 2 or fewer runs in all four of his lifetime starts. One of those was against the White Sox and it was decent with two runs allowed (1 earned) in 4 1/3 innings. Chris Sale has been on a roll with 5 consecutive quality starts. He has one start in his career in Chicago and that was an impressive 8 scoreless innings striking out 14! He doesn’t have a lot of experience against the lineup but excluding the injured Jed Lowrie, Sale has held the remaining hitters to 8 hits in 40 at bats (.200) .

Take the UNDER 7 -103‏