Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago White Sox Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 28-35 Chicago White Sox play host to the 37-27 Pittsburgh Pirates tonight in MLB action on the grass of Cellular Field, June 17, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 8:10PM EST.

Betting Odds
Moneyline: Pirates -117/White Sox +107
O/U Total: 8.5

Pitching Matchup
Jeff Locke (L) W/L 3-3 WHIP 1.50 ERA 4.90
John Danks (L) W/L 3-6 WHIP 1.53 ERA 5.16

Pittsburgh got a 3-0 victory on Tuesday against Chicago to take a 2-0 lead in the series. They are currently on a 6-game winning streak with all of the wins coming at home. The White Sox are on a 5-game losing streak with all of the losses on the road.

Despite their 2 losses this year, Chicago has a 7-3 edge on the Pirates dating back to 2008.

Locke received his 6th no decision in his last start, a 1-0 win over Philadelphia. He went 6 innings and fanned 2 for his 5th Q start of the year.

Danks was a 7-5 loser at Tampa Bay in his last outing. He yielded 3 ERs in 5.1 innings of work and also has 5 Q starts in 2015.

For Pittsburgh, OF Jose Tabata is 1-4 (.250) with a solo HR against Danks while IF Sean Rodriguez is 6-16 (.375) with 4 RBIs and a stolen base. The 4 other hitters to face the left-hander before are a combined 0-10 against him.

Only 3 White Sox hitters have faced Locke before. OF Avisail Garcia is 1-2 against him while 1B Adam LaRoche is 0-2 with an RBI. IF Emilio Bonifacio is 2-6 (.333) with 2 RBIs and has a stolen base against the lefty.

Pittsburgh at Chicago Betting Trends

The Pirates are 5-0 straight up in their last 5 games.
Pittsburgh is 3-8 straight up in their last 11 games against the White Sox.
The game total has gone over in 4 of the Pirates last 5 games against Chicago.
The White Sox are 0-5 straight up in their last 5 games.
Chicago is 4-2 straight up in their last 6 home games.

Injury Report

PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Brandon Cumpton P 60-Day Disabled List
Andrew Lambo OF 15-Day Disabled List
Justin Sellers 2B 60-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)
Pittsburgh: 64%
Chicago: 36%

Free MLB Pick

Two teams going in opposite directions take the field with the Pirates winners of 6 straight and the White Sox losers of 5 straight. The Pirates haven’t been tearing the cover off of the ball surpassing 4 runs just once during the streak. It’s their pitching that has been carrying the team with a lights out 5 shut outs in 6 games! Tonight’s starter Locke had a part in one of the games pitching 6 scoreless innings at home against the Phillies, but he hasn’t been able to put it together on the road with an atrocious earned run average of 8.37 going 4 straight road starts without recording a Q start. The White Sox starter John Danks has looked better in recent starts with two decent performances on the road sandwiching a poor home effort. Home starts have been a problem for Danks who carries a 5.28 ERA into this game. That said, neither one of these teams is scoring right now. Both rank in the bottom of the league against left-handed pitching and tonight’s starters do have adequate historical statistics against their opponent’s 2015 roster.

Take the UNDER 8 -110 @ ‏Bovada Sportsbook