Boston Red Sox at Chicago White Sox Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 58-65 Chicago White Sox play host to the 57-68 Boston Red Sox tonight in MLB action on the grass of US Cellular Field, August 25, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 8:10PM ET.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Red Sox +121/White Sox -131
O/U Total: 8
Pitching Matchup
Wade Miley (L) W/L 10-9 WHIP 1.35 ERA 4.41
Jose Quintana (L) W/L 7-10 WHIP 1.30 ERA 3.60
Boston defeated Chicago 5-4 last night. They are 1-0 on their road trip and 5-2 in their last 7 games. The Red Sox are 24-36 on the road in 2015. Chicago is 0-1 on their homestand and 3-5 in their past 8 games.
The White Sox lead the season series 3-2 and have a 5-4 advantage in the last 9 encounters between these two clubs.
Miley was a 4-1 winner over Kansas City in his last start. He went 7.1 innings, allowed 1 run and struck out 6 for his 14th Q start of the year.
Quintana was an 8-2 winner at the Angels in his last outing. He surrendered 2 runs in 6 innings for his 19th Q start of the season.
Boston C Ryan Hanigan is 1-2 (.500) against Quintana while OF Rusney Castillo is 1-3 (.333). SS Xander Bogaerts is also 1-3 while OF Jackie Bradley Jr. is 1-4 (.250) with an RBI against the veteran left-hander. The 5 other hitters who have faced Quintana before are a combined 4-28 (.143) with 2 RBIs.
No Chicago hitter has more than 8 ABs vs. Miley. C Geovany Soto is 1-3 (.333) with 2 RBIs while 1B Jose Abreu is 2-7 (.286) with a HR and 2 RBIs. OF Melky Cabrera is 3-5 (.600) against the left-hander with 1 RBI while OF Avisail Garcia (1 RBI) and OF Adam Eaton are both 1-3. The 6 other hitters who have faced Miley before are a combined 2-26 (.077).
Boston at Chicago Betting Trends
The Red Sox are 5-2 straight up in their last 7 games overall.
Boston is 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games on the road against Chicago.
The game total has gone over in 5 of Boston’s last 5 games against Chicago
The White Sox are 1-4 straight up in their last 5 games at home against Boston.
The game total has gone over in 5 of Chicago’s last 5 games overall.
Injury Report
BOSTON RED SOX
Clay Buchholz P 60-Day Disabled List
Dustin Pedroia 2B 15-Day Disabled List
Rick Porcello P 15-Day Disabled List
Koji Uehara P 15-Day Disabled List
Anthony Varvaro P 60-Day Disabled List
Christian Vazquez 60-Day Disabled List
Brandon Workman P 60-Day Disabled List
Steven Wright P 7-Day Disabled List
CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Daniel Webb P 15-Day Disabled List
Consensus Pick (Moneyline)
Boston: 45%
Chicago: 55%
Free MLB Pick
Batter versus pitcher stats for each team’s active roster is very close with the Red Sox hitting just .200 against Quintana and the White Sox hitting .213 against Wiley. That said we prefer Boston in this spot. The Red Sox have far superior stats against left-handed pitching scoring an average of 4.86 runs per nine innings compared to the White Sox’ 3.38. We think they find a way to win tonight.
Take the Boston Red Sox + 121at GTBets
