The Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros meet Sunday in MLB action at Minute Maid Park. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.
The Chicago White Sox have scored 10 runs in their first 3 games and 3 or fewer runs in 2 of their first 3 games. The White Sox have lost 9 of their last 13 games when scoring 3 or fewer runs. Tim Anderson leads the White Sox with 6 hits, while Yoan Moncada and Andrew Benintendi have combined for 9 hits and 2 RBI. Mike Clevinger gets the ball, and he was 7-7 with a 4.33 ERA and 91 strikeouts last season. Clevinger is 1-3 with a 3.98 ERA and 21 strikeouts in his career against the Astros.
The Houston Astros have scored 14 runs in their first 3 games and 4 or more runs in 2 of their first 3 games. The Astros have won 10 straight games when scoring 4 or more runs. Yordan Alvarez leads the Astros with 5 hits and 5 RBI, while Jose Abreu and Jeremy Pena have combined for 8 hits and 2 RBI. Luis Garcia gets the ball, and he was 15-8 with a 3.72 ERA and 157 strikeouts last season. Garcia is 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA and 12 strikeouts in his career against the White Sox.
The White Sox are 10-4 in their last 14 Sunday games. The Astros are 45-17 in their last 62 home games and 41-14 in their last 55 overall. The under is 4-1-1 in White Sox last 6 road games. The under is 5-1-1 in Astros last 7 overall. The White Sox are 5-17 in the last 22 meetings in Houston and 11-23 in the last 34 meetings.
The Chicago White Sox are getting guys on base, but they’re not coming away with the hits with running in scoring position, and that’s not going to fly against a stacked lineup like the Astros. Until the White Sox can come away with the big hit to open the game up, they’re going to have a hard time in this series. Give me the Astros and the RL for max betting value.