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Entering Thursday’s matchup with the Atlanta Braves (44-34), the Chicago White Sox (21-61) are on a four-game losing streak. The contest starts at 4:10 PM ET on BSSE with the Braves listed as -295 favorites, while the are +241 underdogs who may be heading for a fifth straight defeat.
Atlanta’s Chris Sale gets the start, and he’ll go against Chicago’s Chad Kuhl.
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The Braves have won 41 of the 69 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (59.4%).
Atlanta has gone 2-1 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -295 or shorter (66.7% winning percentage).
The White Sox have been underdogs in 79 games this season and won 18 (22.8%) of those contests.
Chicago has not won as an underdog of +241 or more on the moneyline this season in four such games.
The Braves have played in 78 games with an over/under set, and have combined with their opponents to go over the total 29 times (29-46-3).
The White Sox’s games have gone over the total in 36 of their 82 chances.
Braves Stats & Insights
The Braves have the No. 15 offense in baseball scoring 4.4 runs per game (344 total runs).
Atlanta is 13th in baseball with 87 total home runs.
The Braves have the 15th-ranked batting average in the majors (.244).
Atlanta strikes out 8.8 times per game to rank 19th in the majors.
The nine strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Braves pitching staff ranks third in the majors.
Atlanta’s 3.59 team ERA ranks eighth across all MLB pitching staffs.
White Sox Stats & Insights
The White Sox are among the lowest scoring teams in the league, ranking last with just 246 total runs (three per game) this season.
Chicago ranks 27th in Major League Baseball with just 69 home runs as a team.
The White Sox rank last in MLB with a team batting average of just .218.
Chicago ranks 20th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.5 Ks per contest.
The White Sox have an 8.8 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, eighth-best in baseball.
Chicago has pitched to a 4.74 ERA this season, which ranks 29th in baseball.
Braves Key Players to Watch
The Braves will send Sale (10-2) to the mound to make his 15th start of the season. He is 10-2 with a 2.91 ERA and 107 strikeouts in 86 2/3 innings pitched.
Marcell Ozuna is batting .305 with 21 home runs and 64 RBI. All three of those stats are tops among Atlanta hitters this season.
Ozzie Albies is batting .251 with an OBP of .310 and a slugging percentage of .396 this season.
Matt Olson has 71 hits this season and a slash line of .244/.323/.440.
Austin Riley has collected 64 hits this season and has an OBP of .325. He’s slugging .422 on the year.
White Sox Key Players to Watch
The White Sox will send Kuhl to the mound for his first start this season.
Gavin Sheets leads the White Sox with a .243 batting average.
Andrew Vaughn’s 35 runs batted in lead his team.
Paul DeJong has launched a team-best 14 home runs.
Tommy Pham is batting .270 with eight doubles, four home runs and 19 walks.
Braves and White Sox Injuries
Braves: Michael Harris II: 10 Day IL (Hamstring), Brian Anderson: 10 Day IL (Bacterial infection), Hurston Waldrep: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Alex Jordan Minter: 15 Day IL (Hip), AJ Smith-Shawver: 15 Day IL (Oblique), Jimmy Herget: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Raymond Kerr: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Spencer Strider: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Angel Perdomo: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Tyler Matzek: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Huascar Ynoa: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Ronald Acuña Jr.: 60 Day IL (Knee)
White Sox: Dominic Fletcher: 10 Day IL (Shoulder), Mike Clevinger: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Max Stassi: 60 Day IL (Hip), Jimmy Lambert: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Jesse Scholtens: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Matt Foster: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Dominic Leone: 60 Day IL (Right elbow), Yoán Moncada: 60 Day IL (Abductor), Gavin Sheets: day-to-day (Heel)
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