The Chicago White Sox (20-57) hope to avoid their fourth straight defeat when they visit the Detroit Tigers (35-40) Saturday at 1:10 PM ET on NBCS-CHI. The Tigers are listed as -167 favorites, while the White Sox are +141 underdogs as they try to snap their losing skid.
Kenta Maeda will get the ball for Detroit while Chicago will counter with Drew Thorpe.
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Tigers and White Sox Betting Trends
The Tigers have won 53.1% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (17-15).
Detroit has a 5-2 record (winning 71.4% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -167 or shorter.
The White Sox have entered the game as underdogs 74 times this season and won 17, or 23%, of those games.
Chicago is 11-46 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +141 or more on the moneyline.
The Tigers have played in 75 games with an over/under set, and have combined with their opponents to go over the total 40 times (40-33-2).
The White Sox and their opponents have gone over the total this season in 35 of their 77 opportunities.
Tigers Stats & Insights
The Tigers are the 20th-highest scoring team in MLB action averaging 4.1 runs per game (308 total).
Detroit is 25th in MLB with 68 total home runs.
The Tigers’ .230 batting average ranks 24th in MLB.
Detroit strikes out 8.8 times per game to rank 21st in baseball.
The 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Tigers pitching staff ranks 16th in MLB.
Detroit’s 3.82 team ERA ranks 11th among all MLB pitching staffs.
White Sox Stats & Insights
The White Sox are among the lowest scoring teams in the league, ranking last with just 236 total runs (3.1 per game) this season.
Chicago ranks 26th in Major League Baseball with just 67 home runs as a team.
The White Sox rank 29th in MLB with a team batting average of just .219.
Chicago ranks 20th in strikeouts per game (8.5) among MLB offenses.
The White Sox average 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, seventh-most in the majors.
Chicago pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.79 ERA this year, which ranks 29th in MLB.
Tigers Key Players to Watch
The Tigers are sending Maeda (2-3) to make his 13th start of the season. He is 2-3 with a 6.02 ERA and 36 strikeouts in 49 1/3 innings pitched.
Riley Greene is batting .256 with 14 home runs and 37 RBI. All three of those stats lead Detroit hitters this season.
Mark Canha has collected 59 hits this season and has an OBP of .349. He’s slugging .372 on the year.
Matthew Vierling is batting .256 to lead Detroit, while adding nine homers and 30 runs batted in this season.
Wenceel Perez is batting .254 with an OBP of .310 and a slugging percentage of .383 this season.
White Sox Key Players to Watch
The White Sox’s Thorpe will make his third start of the season.
Gavin Sheets is hitting .233 with 14 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 32 walks.
Andrew Vaughn has 34 RBI while batting .239. Both lead his team.
Paul DeJong has launched a team-best 14 homers.
Tommy Pham has eight doubles, four home runs and 16 walks while hitting .282.
Tigers and White Sox Injuries
Tigers: Javier Báez: 10 Day IL (Spine), Kerry Carpenter: 10 Day IL (Spine), Alex Faedo: 15 Day IL (Hip), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 60 Day IL (Groin)
White Sox: Eloy Jiménez: 10 Day IL (Hamstring), 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)
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