The Chicago White Sox (47-44) host the Boston Red Sox (42-48) on Thursday at Rate Field, starting at 2:10 p.m. ET. The White Sox are favored on the moneyline (-118), while the Red Sox are -103 underdogs, despite being favored against the spread (1.5) with +153 odds. Anthony Kay starts for Chicago, and Patrick Sandoval is Boston’s choice to start.

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White Sox vs. Red Sox betting lines

• Favorite: White Sox (-118)
• Underdog: Red Sox (-103)
• Over/under: 9

White Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

White Sox betting info

• The White Sox have been the moneyline favorite 15 total times this season. They’ve finished 9-6 in those games.
• In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -118 or shorter, Chicago has a record of 5-4 (55.6%).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the White Sox’s implied win probability is 54.1%.
• Chicago has played in 91 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 53 times (53-37-1).
• The White Sox have a 52-39-0 record against the spread this season.

White Sox hitting info

• Miguel Vargas has put up a team-high 56 runs batted in.
• Among hitters in MLB, Vargas ranks 14th in home runs and 24th in RBI.
• Colson Montgomery has hit 23 home runs to pace his team.
• Montgomery ranks ninth in home runs among batters in MLB play and 33rd in RBI.
• Sam Antonacci leads the White Sox with a .293 batting average.
• Antonacci has safely hit in two straight games. In his last five games he is batting .222 with a walk and an RBI.
• Chase Meidroth is batting .265 with 15 doubles, seven home runs and 35 walks.

White Sox pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the White Sox has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 14th in the majors.
• Chicago has the 16th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.27).
• The White Sox average baseball’s 20th-ranked WHIP (1.345).
• The White Sox give up the 10th-fewest home runs in baseball (98 total, 1.1 per game).
• Chicago its 8-1 loss the last time out, the team struck out eight Red Sox batters while allowing 11 hits.

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• The Red Sox have been underdogs in 33 games this season and won 16 (48.5%) of those contests.
• This season, Boston has won 11 of its 27 games, or 40.7%, when it’s the underdog by at least -103 on the moneyline.
• The Red Sox have a 50.7% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• So far this season, Boston and its opponents have hit the over in 40 of its 90 games with a total.
• In 90 games with a spread this season, the Red Sox are 42-48-0 ATS.

Red Sox hitting info

• Willson Contreras leads Boston in home runs with 20 and runs batted in with 61.
• Contreras ranks 14th in homers and 11th in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
• Wilyer Abreu is batting .260 with an OBP of .331 and a slugging percentage of .423 this season.
• Abreu currently ranks 103rd in home runs and 81st in RBI in the major leagues.
• Ceddanne Rafaela leads Boston with a .286 batting average while slugging eight homers and driving in 39 runs.
• Rafaela has safely hit in six straight games. In his last 10 outings he is hitting .318 with three doubles, a home run, two walks and four RBIs.
• Caleb Durbin has 61 hits and an OBP of .289 to go with a slugging percentage of .387 this season.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The Red Sox average the 12th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.7) in the majors this season.
• Boston has the sixth-best ERA (3.70) in the majors this season.
• The Red Sox have a combined WHIP of just 1.235 as a pitching staff, which is the eighth-best in baseball this season.
• The Red Sox have allowed the sixth-fewest home runs this season at just 94, or 1.0 per game.
• Last time out, Boston defeated the White Sox, 8-1, with 10 strikeouts and four hits allowed.