Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 69-63 Minnesota Twins play host to the 61-70 Chicago White Sox today in MLB action on the grass of Target Field, Sept 3, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 1:10PM ET.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: White Sox +120/Twins -130
O/U Total: 8
Pitching Matchup
Jeff Samardzija (R) W/L 8-11 WHIP 1.29 ERA 4.85
Kyle Gibson (R) W/L 9-9 WHIP 1.32 ERA 3.82
Minnesota shut out Chicago 3-0 last night. They are 4-1 on their homestand and 10-2 in their past 12 games. The Twins are 42-25 at home in 2015. The White Sox are 0-2 on their road trip and 3-7 in their last 10 games. They are 28-38 away from home this season.
Minnesota has a dominant 8-2 advantage in the last 10 matchups of 2015 between these two AL Central rivals.
Samardzija was a 7-6 loser to Seattle in his last start. He allowed 5 runs in 5.2 innings and absorbed his 6th-straight loss. He has 13 Q starts on the season.
Gibson was a 3-0 winner over Houston in his last outing. He went 5.2 innings and struck out 4. He also has 13 Q starts on the year.
Chicago OF Avisail Garcia is 2-4 (.500) against Gibson while OF Adam Eaton is 2-8 (.250). SS Alexei Ramirez is 3-13 (.231) against the right-hander with a HR and 3 RBIs while the 7 other hitters who have faced Gibson before are a combined 3-54 (.056) with a HR and an RBI.
Twins’ OF Shane Robinson is 3-7 (.429) against Samardzija with 2 RBIs and a steal while OF Torii Hunter is 2-5 (.400). 3B Trevor Plouffe is 4-13 (.308) vs. the right-hander with 6 RBIs while IF Eduardo Escobar is 2-7 (.286).
Chicago at Minnesota Betting Trends
Chicago is 1-4 straight up in their last 5 games overall.
White Sox are 1-6 straight up in their last 7 games against Minnesota.
The game total has gone over in 5 of Chicago’s last 6 road games.
Minnesota is 10-2 straight up in their last 12 games.
The Twins 9-1 straight up in their last 10 games at home against Chicago.
Injury Report
CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Zach Putnam P 15-Day Disabled List
MINNESOTA TWINS
J.R. Graham P 15-Day Disabled List
Aaron Hicks OF 15-Day Disabled List
Phil Hughes P 15-Day Disabled List
Ricky Nolasco P 60-Day Disabled List
Ryan Pressly P 60-Day Disabled List
Consensus Pick Moneyline
Chicago: 30%
Minnesota: 70%
Free MLB Pick
Samardzija has been having a tough go of it lately with five of his last six starts being poor to atrocious. He does face a team that he has had success against this season with back-to-back Q starts. Gibson has been up in down in recent outings but does have a great history against the White Sox with the Twins getting the money all four of his career starts. We rarely play home teams on the runline, but we’re making an exception for this game but on the statistical data.
Take the Minnesota Twins -130@ BETONLINE.AG
