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The Cleveland Guardians (53-31) are -230 favorites to take Game 3 of th series from the Chicago White Sox (25-63) Thursday at 1:10 PM ET. The teams enter the matchup with the series record tied, and the underdog White Sox are listed with +193 odds to win the rubber match and take the series victory.
Cleveland’s Ben Lively and Chicago’s Jared Shuster have been named the starters for this contest.
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Guardians and White Sox Betting Trends
The Guardians have compiled a 37-17 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 68.5% of those games).
In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -230 or shorter, Cleveland has a 3-1 record (winning 75% of its games).
This season, the White Sox have been the underdog 82 times and won 20, or 24.4%, of those games.
Chicago is 5-18 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +193 or more on the moneyline.
The Guardians have combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 41 times this season for a 41-37-6 record against the over/under.
So far this season, the White Sox and their opponents have hit the over in 40 of their 88 games with a total.
Guardians Stats & Insights
The Guardians are the seventh-highest scoring team in baseball, averaging five runs per game (416 total).
Cleveland averages 1.2 home runs per game to rank 10th in MLB action with 98 total home runs.
The Guardians’ .243 batting average ranks 15th in MLB.
Cleveland strikes out 7.4 times per game, the fourth-best average in MLB.
The nine strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Guardians pitching staff ranks fourth in MLB.
Cleveland has the eighth-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.68).
White Sox Stats & Insights
The White Sox are among the lowest scoring teams in the league, ranking last with just 281 total runs (3.2 per game) this season.
Chicago ranks 26th in Major League Baseball with just 78 home runs as a team.
The White Sox have a team batting average of just .221 this season, which ranks 29th among MLB teams.
Chicago ranks 22nd with an average of 8.5 strikeouts per game.
The White Sox strike out 8.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, seventh-best in MLB.
Chicago has the 26th-ranked ERA (4.54) in the majors this season.
Guardians Key Players to Watch
Lively makes the start for the Guardians, his 14th of the season. He is 7-4 with a 3.03 ERA and 61 strikeouts in 71 1/3 innings pitched.
Jose Ramirez is batting .274 this season with a team-high 23 home runs and 76 RBI.
Josh Naylor is batting .240 with an OBP of .319 and a slugging percentage of .493 this season.
Steven Kwan leads Cleveland with a .360 batting average while slugging seven homers and driving in 24 runs.
Andres Gimenez has 75 hits and an OBP of .301 to go with a slugging percentage of .337 this season.
White Sox Key Players to Watch
Shuster gets the nod for the White Sox and will make his first start of the season.
Andrew Vaughn leads the White Sox in runs batted in (41) and has accumulated a team-high batting average of .244.
Gavin Sheets is batting .233 with 17 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 34 walks.
Paul DeJong paces the White Sox with 15 home runs.
Tommy Pham is hitting .267 with nine doubles, four home runs and 22 walks.
Guardians and White Sox Injuries
Guardians: Will Brennan: 10 Day IL (Rib), Matthew Boyd: 15 Day IL (Elbow), James Karinchak: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Shane Bieber: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Trevor Stephan: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
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)
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