The Chicago White Sox (54-47) host the Houston Astros (50-54) at 7:40 p.m. ET on Friday, providing a matchup between two top-10 sluggers. Colson Montgomery has 24 home runs (ninth in MLB) for the favored White Sox (-142), while Yordan Alvarez is first in MLB play with 34 home runs this season for the underdog Astros (+120). Chicago’s Davis Martin and Houston’s Spencer Arrighetti pitch first for their squads in this matchup.

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White Sox vs. Astros betting lines

• Favorite: White Sox (-142)
• Underdog: Astros (+120)
• Over/under: 8.5

White Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

White Sox betting info

• The White Sox have been favored on the moneyline 21 total times this season. They’ve gone 14-7 in those games.
• Chicago has played in three games as moneyline favorites with odds of -142 or shorter and won every time.
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the White Sox’s implied win probability is 58.7%.
• Chicago has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 101 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 58 of those games (58-42-1).
• The White Sox have put together a 60-41-0 record ATS this season (covering 59.4% of the time).

White Sox hitting info

• Miguel Vargas leads the White Sox with 61 runs batted in.
• In MLB action, Vargas ranks 18th in homers and 20th in RBI.
• Sam Antonacci’s .278 batting average leads his team.
• Antonacci ranks 185th in homers and 193rd in RBI among batters in MLB action.
• Montgomery has put up a team-high 24 home runs.
• Chase Meidroth has 17 doubles, seven home runs and 38 walks while hitting .277.

White Sox pitching rankings

• The White Sox pitching staff ranks 15th in the majors with a collective 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Chicago has the 11th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.09).
• The White Sox average baseball’s 14th-ranked WHIP (1.310).
• The White Sox give up the 10th-fewest home runs in baseball (109 total, 1.1 per game).
• Chicago struck out 12 Rangers batters while giving up five hits in a 4-2 win in its last game.

Astros betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Astros betting info

• The Astros have won 32, or 50.8%, of the 63 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Houston has a record of 11-12 in games where oddsmakers have it as underdogs of at least +120 on the moneyline.
• The Astros have a 45.5% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Houston and its opponents have hit the over in 53 of its 104 games with a total this season.
• In 104 games with a spread this season, the Astros are 52-52-0 ATS.

Astros hitting info

• Alvarez leads Houston in batting average (.328), home runs (34) and runs batted in (77) this season.
• Alvarez’s home run total ranks first in the big leagues, and he is first in RBI.
• Alvarez heads into this game on a nine-game hitting streak. During his last 10 outings he is hitting .459 with four doubles, five home runs, seven walks and 10 RBIs.
• Isaac Paredes has 93 hits and an OBP of .354 to go with a slugging percentage of .438 this season.
• Paredes ranks 74th among batters in the big leagues in home runs, and 45th in RBI.
• Paredes takes an eight-game hitting streak into this game. During his last 10 games he is hitting .368 with two doubles, a triple, two home runs, five walks and seven RBIs.
• Christian Walker has collected 87 base hits, an OBP of .309 and a slugging percentage of .452 this season.
• Walker enters this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .154 with .
• Jeremy Pena is batting .302 with an OBP of .362 and a slugging percentage of .472 this season.
• Pena heads into this matchup on a five-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .471 with three home runs, two walks and six RBIs.

Astros pitching rankings

• The Astros have an 8.9 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, 10th-best in baseball.
• Houston pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.71 ERA this year, which ranks 25th in MLB.
• The Astros have a combined WHIP of 1.392 as a pitching staff, which ranks 24th in MLB.
• With 142 homers allowed, the Astros rank 26th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Houston earned a 5-2 win in its most recent game, striking out six Marlins batters while allowing seven hits.