An American League Central series continues Wednesday night when the Chicago White Sox (76-78, 41-35 away) visit the Minnesota Twins (75-79, 45-34 home). BetMGM has the opening line at Minnesota -105 and the total at 7.5 runs scored. This was supposed to be an important series in the AL Central race, but these two teams were disappointed the last few weeks and Cleveland wrapped up the AL Central division title.
Andrew Vaughn is having a solid season for Chicago as he leads the team with 17 home runs and 73 RBIs. Jose Abreu is hitting a team high .303 on the year. The White Sox are batting .258 and the pitchers have recorded a 3.91 ERA and 1.29 WHIP.
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Minnesota has been balanced at the dish as they are led by Byron Buxton’s 28 home runs and Jose Miranda’s 65 RBIs. Luis Arraez has a team high .313 batting average. The Twins are batting .248 and the pitchers have recorded a 4.03 ERA and 1.26 WHIP.
White Sox vs Twins Pick & Prediction
Last time out, Minnesota got this series started with a routine 4-0 win on Tuesday. Minnesota got the scoring started with a run in the bottom of the second inning and added on with another run in the bottom of the third inning. The Twins added some insurance runs with a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning. Minnesota outhit Chicago 10-2 in this one.
Yoan Moncada and AJ Pollack were the two White Sox to record a hit on Tuesday. Jose Miranda went 3-4 with one double, one RBI, and one run scored in the win. Matt Wallner went 1-4 with one home run, two RBIs, and one run scored for Minnesota. Bailey Ober improved to 2-3 and Lance Lynn fell to 7-7 on the season.
Pitching Matchup: Johnny Cueto (7-9, 3.15 ERA, 1.22 WHIP) vs Josh Winder (4-5, 4.20 ERA, 1.25 WHIP)
Tonights Pick:
Chicago has been bad of late as they are 0-7 in their last seven games overall and 0-6 in their last six games against American League opponents. However, the White Sox are 6-4 in their 10 games against Minnesota and 7-3 in their last 10 on the road. Minnesota is also struggling as they are just 2-6 in their last eight games overall and 3-9 in their last 12 against American League opponents. The Twins are 5-2 in their last seven games at home.
Chicago did not care when they were in a division title race, so they really won’t care the rest of the season. Give me Minnesota.
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Chicago White Sox
Minnesota Twins
Team Records
CHW | Team Records | MIN |
---|---|---|
2-9 | Home | 3-6 |
1-10 | Road | 5-7 |
2-16 | vRHP | 7-10 |
1-3 | vLHP | 1-3 |
3-18 | vs>.500 | 7-13 |
0-1 | vs<.500 | 1-0 |
1-9 | Last10 | 4-6 |
3-17 | Last20 | 7-13 |
3-19 | Last30 | 8-13 |
Team Stats
CHW | Team Stats | MIN |
---|---|---|
4.60 | ERA | 3.89 |
.242 | Batting Avg Against | .235 |
1.38 | WHIP | 1.20 |
.295 | BABIP | .293 |
10.2% | BB% | 7.3% |
24.3% | K% | 25.8% |
72.5% | LOB% | 74.0% |
.238 | Batting Avg | .237 |
.386 | SLG | .416 |
.681 | OPS | .732 |
.295 | OBP | .316 |
Pitchers
J. Cueto | J. Winder | |
---|---|---|
158.1 | Innings | 18.1 |
24 | GS | 0 |
8-10 | W-L | 1-0 |
3.35 | ERA | 5.40 |
5.80 | K/9 | 9.33 |
1.88 | BB/9 | 3.44 |
0.85 | HR/9 | 0.98 |
74.9% | LOB% | 68.7% |
7.7% | HR/FB% | 10.5% |
3.79 | FIP | 3.76 |
4.38 | xFIP | 4.04 |
.263 | AVG | .293 |
15.7% | K% | 23.2% |
5.1% | BB% | 8.5% |
4.49 | SIERA | 3.92 |
Recent Starts
Date | Opp | W/L | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | ST-PC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8/31 MIL | Woodruff ML N/A | L2-6 TOTAL N/A | 3.2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 57-84 |
8/25 NYM | Walker ML N/A | W3-2 TOTAL N/A | 4.2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 45-71 |
8/8 MIL | Anderson ML N/A | W5-4 TOTAL N/A | 5.1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 60-90 |
8/3 ARI | Bumgarner ML N/A | L1-3 TOTAL N/A | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 61-100 |
7/29 LAD | Price ML N/A | W5-0 TOTAL N/A | 5.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 51-77 |
Date | Opp | W/L | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | ST-PC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5/1 TB | Fleming ML N/A | W9-3 TOTAL N/A | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 54-83 |
Betting Trends
CHW | Betting Trends | MIN |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
0-3-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 2-1-0 |
0-3-0 | ATS W/L/P | 2-1-0 |
1 | Avg Score | 5 |
5 | Avg Opp Score | 4.67 |
AWAY | HOME | |
2-1-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 2-1-0 |
1-2-0 | ATS W/L/P | 2-1-0 |
5 | Avg Score | 5 |
4 | Avg Opp Score | 4.67 |
CHW | Betting Trends | MIN |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
0-5-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 2-3-0 |
0-5-0 | ATS W/L/P | 2-3-0 |
1.6 | Avg Score | 3.6 |
4.8 | Avg Opp Score | 4.4 |
AWAY | HOME | |
3-2-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 3-2-0 |
2-3-0 | ATS W/L/P | 2-3-0 |
5 | Avg Score | 4 |
3.4 | Avg Opp Score | 4 |
CHW | Betting Trends | MIN |
---|---|---|
OVERALL | OVERALL | |
2-8-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 3-7-0 |
1-9-0 | ATS W/L/P | 4-6-0 |
3.4 | Avg Score | 3.7 |
5.3 | Avg Opp Score | 5 |
AWAY | HOME | |
7-3-0 | Win/Loss/Tie | 5-5-0 |
6-4-0 | ATS W/L/P | 5-5-0 |
6.6 | Avg Score | 4.1 |
4 | Avg Opp Score | 4 |