Boston Red Sox vs Chicago White Sox Game 2 MLB Picks, Odds, Predictions 4/18/21
Boston Red Sox vs Chicago White Sox Game 2 MLB Picks, Odds, Predictions 4/18/21
2021-04-18 17:10:00 EDT
The Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox meet Sunday in game two of an MLB doubleheader at Fenway Park.
The Chicago White Sox need a win after losing four of their last six games. The White Sox have scored 14 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in eight of their last 11 games. The White Sox have won five of their last seven games when scoring four or more runs. Yermin Mercedes leads the White Sox with 21 hits and 11 RBI while Luis Robert and Adam Eaton have combined for 29 hits and 16 RBI. The Chicago White Sox didn’t announce a starting pitcher at the time this article was published.
The Boston Red Sox look to stay hot after winning 10 of their last 11 games. The Red Sox have scored 17 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in nine of their last 11 games. The Red Sox are 9-0 this season when scoring four or more runs. Xander Bogaerts leads the Red Sox with 21 hits and four RBI while J.D. Martinez and Enrique Hernandez have combined for 33 hits and 22 RBI. Martin Perez gets the ball, and he is 0-0 with a 4.50 ERA and eight strikeouts this season. Perez is 3-2 with a 4.93 ERA and 25 strikeouts in his career against the White Sox.
The White Sox are 4-12 in their last 16 road games and 4-0 in their last 4 games following a loss. The Red Sox are 4-0 in their last 4 home games and 4-1 in their last 5 Sunday games. The under is 5-2 in White Sox last 7 overall. The over is 7-0 in Red Sox last 7 Sunday games. The White Sox are 3-9 in the last 12 meetings in Boston and 1-6 in the last 7 meetings.
Always tough to predict the second game of a doubleheader without knowing what happened in the first game. The Chicago White Sox also didn’t announce a starting pitcher for this game at the time I published this article. With all that said, I’m not trying to step in front of a red hot Red Sox team that’s tearing the cover off the ball. Yes, things will cool down eventually, but the Red Sox are playing so well, you shouldn’t be eager to bet against this team at the moment.
