Colson Montgomery and Yordan Alvarez face off in a showdown of top-10 sluggers when the Chicago White Sox (54-48) and the Houston Astros (51-54) meet at 7:10 p.m. ET on Saturday. Montgomery has 24 homers (ninth in MLB) for the favored White Sox (-127), and Alvarez ranks first in MLB play with 34 long balls this season for the underdog Astros (+103). Sean Burke starts for Chicago while Houston will counter with Hunter Brown.

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White Sox vs. Astros betting lines

• Favorite: White Sox (-127)
• Underdog: Astros (+103)
• Over/under: 8

White Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

White Sox betting info

• The White Sox have gone 14-8 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 63.6% of those games).
• Chicago has gone 7-4 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -127 or shorter (63.6% winning percentage).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the White Sox have an implied win probability of 55.9%.
• Chicago has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 59 times this season for a 59-42-1 record against the over/under.
• The White Sox have collected a 60-42-0 record against the spread this season (covering 58.8% of the time).

White Sox hitting info

• Miguel Vargas paces the White Sox with 61 runs batted in.
• Vargas ranks 19th in home runs and 23rd in RBI among all batters in MLB play.
• Sam Antonacci’s .281 batting average leads his team.
• Antonacci ranks 188th in home runs and 193rd in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Montgomery leads the White Sox with 24 home runs.
• Chase Meidroth has 18 doubles, seven home runs and 38 walks while batting .278.
• Meidroth has safely hit in two straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .412 with a double, a walk and four RBIs.

White Sox pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the White Sox has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 15th in the majors.
• Chicago has the 11th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.14).
• The White Sox average baseball’s 17th-ranked WHIP (1.316).
• The White Sox surrender the 10th-fewest home runs in baseball (110 total, 1.1 per game).
• Chicago its 9-5 loss the last time out, the team struck out nine Astros batters while allowing 13 hits.

Astros betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Astros betting info

• This season, the Astros have won 33 out of the 64 games, or 51.6%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Houston has a record of 24-23 in games where sportsbooks have it as underdogs of at least +103 on the moneyline.
• The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 49.3% chance of a victory for the Astros.
• So far this season, Houston and its opponents have hit the over in 54 of its 105 games with a total.
• The Astros are 53-52-0 ATS in their 105 games with a spread this season.

Astros hitting info

• Alvarez leads Houston in batting average (.327), home runs (34) and runs batted in (77) this season.
• Alvarez’s home run total ranks first in the majors, and he is first in RBI.
• Alvarez brings a 10-game hitting streak into this game. During his last 10 games he is hitting .486 with four doubles, five home runs, eight walks and 10 RBIs.
• Isaac Paredes has 93 hits and an OBP of .354 to go with a slugging percentage of .434 this season.
• Paredes ranks 75th among hitters in the majors in homers, and 46th in RBI.
• Christian Walker has 88 hits this season and a slash line of .233/.308/.451.
• Walker has safely hit in three straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .214 with a double and three RBIs.
• Jose Altuve is batting .238 with an OBP of .304 and a slugging percentage of .405 this season.

Astros pitching rankings

• The Astros strike out 8.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 10th-best in MLB.
• Houston has pitched to a 4.71 ERA this season, which ranks 25th in baseball.
• The Astros have a combined WHIP of 1.391 as a pitching staff, which ranks 25th in MLB.
• The Astros have given up the fifth-most long balls so far this season with 142 home runs allowed.
• Houston earned a 9-5 win in its most recent game, striking out eight White Sox batters while allowing eight hits.