The Chicago White Sox and the Texas Rangers meet Monday in MLB action from Globe Life Field. Here’s a Texas Rangers vs Chicago White Sox prediction. This will be the first installment in a four-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for the game.
Chicago White Sox Betting Preview
Chicago is fresh off a weekend series versus the Kansas City Royals. In that one the White Sox took bad losses 7-1 and 6-1 in the first pair. On Sunday Chicago fell 4-1 for a sweep. Starter Drew Thorpe finished with 6.0 clean frames, three hits and two walks in the start.
It’ll be Erick Fedde in the starter role for the White Sox on Monday. This year Fedde is 7-3 with a 2.99 ERA in 19 starts. Fedde is 28-36 with a 4.93 ERA in 121 career games (107 starts).
Texas Rangers Betting Preview
Over on the Rangers’ side, they played the Baltimore Orioles in their last series. Texas lost 9-1 and 8-4 in the first two outings. In the finale the Rangers eked out a 3-2 victory. Starter Andrew Heaney put up 5.0 clean frames with two hits and three walks.
As starting pitcher for Monday’s game the Rangers are sending out Michael Lorenzen. So far Lorenzen is 5-5 with a 3.52 ERA in 16 starts. Over his 358 career games (85 starts) Lorenzen is 45-43 with a 4.05 ERA. The Rangers will take on the Blue Jays and Cardinals after this series.
Rangers vs White Sox Pick Injury Notes
Rangers 3B Josh Jung (wrist) began taking swings off a tee last weekend.
Total Runs Facts
- Seven of the White Sox’s last eight games have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- Five of the Rangers’ last six night games against American League opponents have gone OVER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the White Sox’s last six night games against AL West opponents.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Rangers’ last five games against AL Central opponents.
Texas Rangers Player Prop Facts
- Marcus Semien has recorded two or more total bases in each of the Rangers’ last 10 home games against AL Central opponents that held a losing record.
- Adolis Garcia has scored at least one run in 10 of his last 11 appearances in night games against AL Central teams that held a losing record.
- Marcus Semien has hit a home run in four of the Rangers’ last five home games against AL Central opponents that held a losing record.
- Adolis Garcia has recorded at least one hit in each of the Rangers’ last 13 games against the White Sox.
- Michael Lorenzen has recorded six or more strikeouts in three of his last four appearances against AL opponents that held a losing record.
- Josh Jung has recorded at least one Single in each of his last four home appearances against AL opponents that held a losing record.
- Marcus Semien has recorded at least one RBI in five of the Rangers’ last six home games against AL Central opponents that held a losing record.
Chicago White Sox Player Prop Facts
- Luis Robert has recorded at least one Single in nine of his last 10 appearances against the Rangers after playing the previous day.
- Andrew Benintendi has recorded at least one RBI in each of the White Sox’s last five road games against AL West opponents that held a losing record.
- Tommy Pham has recorded a Double in each of the White Sox’s last three night games.
- Tommy Pham has recorded at least one total base in each of his last nine appearances after playing the previous day.
- Tommy Pham has scored at least one run in each of his last six road appearances against AL West opponents.
- Erick Fedde has recorded six or more strikeouts in three of his last four appearances in night games against teams that held a losing record.
- Luis Robert has hit a home run in three of the White Sox’s last four road games against AL West opponents.
- Tommy Pham has recorded at least one hit in each of his last nine appearances after playing the previous day.
Texas Rangers vs Chicago White Sox Prediction
I might take a stab on the White Sox here. Probably not touching it, though. Fedde at least should be good. He’s got just one earned on seven hits and five walks in 11.0 innings over his last two starts, going 1-0 in that time.
On Sunday the White Sox continued their skid. They’ve now lost seven straight games, scoring two or fewer runs in six of those. Chicago simply has to get the offense going; posting three hits like they did on Sunday just isn’t going to cut it. This one might be worth a value stab if you can find a good line but it’s probably a lost cause.