The Cleveland Guardians (3-6) host the Chicago White Sox (2-7) on Tuesday at 4:10 p.m. ET in an outing between a pair of teams on losing streaks. The favored Guardians (-208) have dropped two straight, while the underdog White Sox (+173) have lost their last five. Ben Lively takes the mound first for Cleveland, and Shane Smith is Chicago’s choice to start.
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Guardians to win vs White Sox -208
Guardians vs. White Sox betting lines
- Favorite: Guardians (-208)
- Underdog: White Sox (+173)
- Over/under: 7.5
Guardians betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Guardians betting info
- The Guardians have been favored on the moneyline three total times this season. They’ve finished 1-2 in those games.
- Cleveland has ynot played as moneyline favorites of -208 or shorter.
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Guardians have an implied win probability of 67.5%.
- Cleveland has had an over/under set by oddsmakers nine times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in five of those games (5-4-0).
- The Guardians have collected a 3-6-0 record against the spread this season.
Guardians hitting info
- Jose Ramirez has hit a team-best four home runs.
- In MLB, Ramirez ranks sixth in homers and 48th in RBI.
- Kyle Manzardo’s nine runs batted in pace his team.
- Manzardo ranks 16th in homers and 17th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
- Manzardo has safely hit in three straight games. In his last five games he is batting .167 with a home run, a walk and three RBI.
- Steven Kwan paces the Guardians with a .353 batting average.
- Kwan takes a five-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is batting .333 with two walks.
- Carlos Santana has two doubles, a home run and four walks while hitting .265.
Guardians pitching rankings
- The pitching staff for the Guardians has a collective 7.1 K/9, the second-worst in MLB.
- Cleveland has the 27th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (5.09).
- The Guardians have the fourth-highest WHIP in baseball (1.539).
- Guardians pitchers combine to give up the 23rd-fewest home runs in baseball (14 total, 1.6 per game).
- Cleveland its 6-2 loss the last time out, the team struck out five Angels batters while allowing nine hits.
White Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
White Sox betting info
- The White Sox have entered the game as underdogs nine times this season and won twice.
- Chicago has played as an underdog of +173 or more twice this season and lost both games.
- The oddsmakers’ moneyline implies a 36.6% chance of a victory for the White Sox.
- Chicago and its opponents have gone over the total this season in five of its nine opportunities.
- In nine games with a spread this season, the White Sox are 5-4-0 ATS.
White Sox hitting info
- Andrew Benintendi is batting .290 with two home runs and six RBI. All three of those stats are tops among Chicago hitters this season.
- In all of Major League Baseball, Benintendi is 42nd in homers and 48th in RBI.
- Nick Maton’s two home runs are most among Chicago batters. He’s driven in two runs this season while slugging .450.
- Maton is 42nd overall in home runs and 195th in RBI this season.
- Matt Thaiss has collected four base hits, an OBP of .409 and a slugging percentage of .313 this season.
- Brooks Baldwin has collected seven hits this season and has an OBP of .269. He’s slugging .440 on the year.
White Sox pitching rankings
- The White Sox strike out 8.0 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 21st in MLB.
- Chicago pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.03 ERA this year, which ranks 12th in MLB.
- The White Sox rank 15th in MLB with a combined 1.293 WHIP this season.
- With 10 homers allowed, the White Sox rank 13th in the league at preventing long balls.
- Chicago suffered a 4-3 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out five Tigers batters while allowing seven hits.
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