Lenyn Sosa takes a two-game home run streak into the Chicago White Sox’s (42-72) matchup with the Cleveland Guardians (59-55). The Guardians are favored (-155) over the White Sox (+129), and it starts at 7:40 p.m. ET on Friday at Rate Field. Tanner Bibee starts for Cleveland while Chicago will counter with Aaron Civale.

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Guardians vs. White Sox betting lines

• Favorite: Guardians (-155)
• Underdog: White Sox (+129)
• Over/under: 8.5

Guardians betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Guardians betting info

• The Guardians have been favored on the moneyline 47 total times this season. They’ve gone 29-18 in those games.
• Cleveland has gone 9-3 (winning 75% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -155 or shorter.
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Guardians’ implied win probability is 60.8%.
• In the 112 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Cleveland, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 49 times (49-59-4).
• The Guardians have a 57-55-0 record against the spread this season.

Guardians hitting info

• Jose Ramirez leads the Guardians in home runs (23), runs batted in (61) and has accumulated a team-best batting average of .296.
• In MLB play, Ramirez ranks 16th in homers and 48th in RBI.
• Steven Kwan is hitting .284 with 20 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 40 walks.
• Kwan ranks 167th in home runs and 161st in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Kwan has hit safely in three games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .227 with an RBI.
• Carlos Santana has eight doubles, 11 home runs and 48 walks while batting .227.
• Kyle Manzardo is batting .235 with 13 doubles, two triples, 18 home runs and 33 walks.

Guardians pitching rankings

• The 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Guardians pitching staff ranks 12th in MLB.
• Cleveland has a 3.83 team ERA that ranks 11th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Guardians have the 19th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.295).
• The Guardians surrender the 11th-fewest home runs in baseball (122 total, 1.1 per game).
• Cleveland struck out six Mets batters while allowing one hit in a 4-1 win in its last game.

White Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

White Sox betting info

• The White Sox have entered the game as underdogs 112 times this season and won 41, or 36.6%, of those games.
• Chicago has entered 84 games this season as the underdog by +129 or more and is 28-56 in those contests.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 43.7% chance of a victory for the White Sox.
• So far this season, Chicago and its opponents have hit the over in 50 of its 114 games with a total.
• The White Sox are 65-49-0 ATS in their 114 games with a spread this season.

White Sox hitting info

• Andrew Benintendi leads Chicago in home runs this season with 14 while driving in 44 runs.
• Among all hitters in the majors, Benintendi is 93rd in homers and 120th in RBI.
• Sosa’s batting average of .280 leads all Chicago hitters this season.
• Sosa is 106th overall in homers and 112th in RBI this season.
• Sosa brings a nine-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last 10 outings he is hitting .400 with four home runs, four walks and eight RBIs.
• Luis Robert leads Chicago in runs batted in (46) this season. He has a .219 batting average and a .361 slugging percentage.
• Robert has safely hit in eight games in a row. During his last 10 outings he is batting .324 with two home runs, three walks and six RBIs.
• Mike Tauchman is batting .286 with an OBP of .373 and a slugging percentage of .465 this season.

White Sox pitching rankings

• The White Sox strike out just 7.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in MLB.
• Chicago has pitched to a 4.16 ERA this season, which ranks 19th in baseball.
• White Sox pitchers have a 1.373 WHIP this season, 25th in the majors.
• The White Sox have given up the 12th-fewest long balls so far this season with 123 home runs allowed.
• Chicago suffered an 8-6 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out nine Mariners batters while allowing seven hits.