Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 46-39 Chicago Cubs play host to the 40-44 Chicago White Sox this afternoon in MLB action on the grass of Wrigley Field, July 11, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 4:05PM ET.

Betting Odds
Moneyline: White Sox +111/Cubs -121
O/U Total: N/A

Pitching Matchup
Chris Sale (L) W/L 7-4 WHIP 0.94 ERA 2.80
Jon Lester (L) W/L 4-7 WHIP 1.28 ERA 3.48

The White Sox defeated the Cubs 1-0 on Friday. They are 1-0 on their road trip and 8-2 in their last 10 games. They are 17-27 on the road in 2015. The Cubs are 4-4 on their homestand and 6-4 in their past 10 games.

The White Sox have a 4-1 lead in the last 5 contests between these crosstown rivals but the Cubs have a 5-4 lead in the last 9 encounters.

Sale was a 4-2 winner over Toronto in his last start. He went the distance and struck out 6, ending his 8-game run of double-digit Ks. He has 13 Q starts this year and has struck out 103 in his last 9 games.

Lester was a 6-0 loser to St. Louis in his last outing but he pitched well. He allowed 0 ERs in 7 innings and struck out 8. He was victimized by 2 unearned runs. He has 11 Q starts on the season.

White Sox 1B Jose Abreu is 3-6 (.500) with an RBI and a SB vs. Lester while OF Adam Eaton is 4-11 (.364) with an RBI. OF Melky Cabrera has seen a lot of the veteran left-hander and is 12-42 (.286) with a HR and 4 RBIs. The quartet of 2B Gordon Beckham, C Tyler Flowers, 1B Adam LaRoche and UT Emilio Bonifacio are a combined 7-57 (.123) against Lester.

Only 3 Cubs hitters have faced Sale before. IF Jonathan Herrera is 0-0 with a walk, SS Starlin Castro is 0-1 and OF Chris Denorfia is 0-3.

Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs Betting Trends

The White Sox are 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games.
Chicago White Sox are 4-2 straight up in their last 6 road games.
The game total has gone under in 10 of the White Sox last 13 games on the road against the Cubs.
The Cubs are 2-6 straight up in their last 8 games at home against the White Sox.
The game total has gone under in 12 of the Cubs last 18 games.

Injury Report

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

CHICAGO CUBS
Tommy La Stella 2B 60-Day Disabled List
David Ross C 7-Day Disabled List
Zac Rosscup P 15-Day Disabled List
Jacob Turner P 60-Day Disabled List
Tsuyoshi Wada P 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
White Sox: 48%
Cubs: 52%

Free MLB Pick

We think that Chris Sale may be the best lefty in the business so while there are some analytics that would suggest backing the Cubs in this spot we’re not going to pull the trigger. The total is where our money is going to go. Sale has recorded a Q start in 75% of his road starts and 83.3 % of his day starts, He comes into this game with nine Q starts in his last ten outings. He’ll be making his first career start against the Cubs so we expect it may take a couple of times through the lineup before the batters get a good read on his stuff. Cubs starter Jon Lester has been ultra-sharp in his last two allowing two runs (0 earned) over 14 innings. He’s been good in days starts going 2-2 with a 2.73 earned run average. The White Sox roster historical hasn’t been able to figure him out hitting a lifetime .231 against Lester in 169 at bats.

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