The San Diego Padres and the Chicago White Sox meet Saturday in MLB action from Guaranteed Rate Field. This will be the second installment in the final series of the regular season. On Friday in the opener, the Padres eked out a victory. Check back all season long for free MLB at Sports Chat Place.

San Diego Padres 

The Padres took on the Giants in their last series and managed two wins in three games. Tuesday was a 4-0 victory and then came a 5-2 result Wednesday. In the Friday game one matchup versus the Sox, San Diego was up 3-0 in the bottom of the eighth but had to hold on for a 3-2 win. Trent Grisham posted two RBI in the win, and Xander Bogaerts put up two hits with an RBI. 

As starting pitcher for game two, the Padres are going with Michael Wacha. This year over his 23 starts Wacha is 13-4 with a 3.39 ERA and 117 Ks in 127.1 innings. Wacha has gone 4-2 with a 5.12 ERA over his last seven starts. 

San Diego Padres Team Facts

The Padres have won seven of their last eight road games.
The Padres have failed to cover the run line in eight of their last nine games as road favorites against AL Central opponents following a win.
The Padres have led after 5 innings in each of their last six games as favorites against American League opponents.
The Padres have led after 7 innings in each of their last nine games as road favorites.

Chicago White Sox 

Over on the White Sox’ side, they played pretty poorly versus the Diamondbacks this week, but were able to fend off the sweep with a 3-1 win on Thursday. In the Friday matchup Chicago’s Yoan Moncada (two hits) and Carlos Perez each had a solo home run. 

It’ll be Mike Clevinger in the starting pitcher role for the Sox on Saturday. In his 23 starts so far Clevinger is 9-8 with a 3.40 ERA and 108 Ks in 129.2 innings. Clevinger has gone 4-3 with a 3.68 ERA in his last seven starts, striking out 37 in that time.

Chicago White Sox Team Facts

The White Sox have lost 10 of their last 11 home games against National League opponents.
The White Sox have failed to cover the run line in 19 of their last 22 home games against National League opponents after playing the previous day.
The White Sox have trailed after 7 innings in each of their last four night games against NL West opponents.
The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the White Sox’s last three games as underdogs against NL West opponents.
The White Sox have trailed after 5 innings in each of their last four night games against NL West opponents.

 Matchup/League Facts

The Chicago White Sox rank 30th in the league for on-base percentage this season (.292).
The Chicago White Sox rank 30th in the league for walks this season (373).
The San Diego Padres rank 1st in the league for walks this season (643).
The San Diego Padres rank 2nd in the league for runs allowed this season (646).

ANDREW’S FREE PICK 

I’ll try the White Sox in this one. We should have a pretty fun starter matchup regardless, though. Clevinger is 2-1 over his last three starts with five earned runs in 21.0 innings of work. As for Wacha, he’s 2-0 with four earned in 12.0 innings in his last pair. I like both guys to at least flirt with quality outings here. On Friday Chicago got a late run from the offense in the final two innings but overall there wasn’t much going on at the plate for most of the game. I like the Sox to get a solid pitching effort overall in game two—the bats need to come along for the ride, though.