It’s time to make MLB betting picks in the featured game between the Chicago White Sox and the Oakland Athletics.
Today’s game between the Oakland Athletics (75-74) and the Chicago White Sox (79-71) is the only televised MLB action on the Tuesday schedule and the clash will be shown live on WGN with a 10:15 PM ET start time. The White Sox are 11 games in back of the Twins and the Athletics are 8 in back of the Rangers so it appears that either team will have to go on quite the winning streak if they hope to be part of the MLB playoffs this season. Oakland appears to still be fighting after winning 2 straight games and 6 of their last 10 while Chicago has lost 7 straight and is playing some poor baseball in recent weeks.
SBGglobal Sportsbook has the White Sox vs Athletics odds favoring Oakland at -144 with an over/under betting total set fairly low at 7 runs. Around 65% of tracked sports bettors think that the home-team Athletics are the correct choice and it may be due to the fact that the White Sox have won just 15 of their last 53 games against this team in Oakland. Make sure to click on the link above to take advantage of the cash offer from our 2010 award winner for "Best Bonus Program".
Pitching:
Today’s starters are lefty Mark Buehrle (12-11, 1.38 WHIP, 4.16 ERA) for the White Sox and right-hander Trevor Cahill (16-7, 1.08 WHIP, 2.84 ERA) for the Athletics. Buehrle has struggled recently (6.16 ERA in his last starts) but has allowed just 7 earned runs over his last 3 starts in Oakland while Cahill is still pitching well and has given up just 9 earned runs over his 4 career starts against the White Sox (13 IP, 4 ER in his 2 home starts against Chicago).
Hitting:
The White Sox have lead in offense this year with a .267 batting average – compared to .254 for the Athletics – but both squads are struggling badly to find runs recently. Chicago has more long-ball pop in their lineup but the low batting averages for both teams (.238 for Chicago, .229 for Oakland) over their last 10 games don’t really make me think a ton of runs will be scored.
MLB Picks on the Athletics vs White Sox Game:
I’d make my MLB picks on the Chicago White Sox as decent-sized underdogs in this one because the Athletics just don’t have the pop to score a ton of runs. Buehrle has pitched well against them in his pitcher’s park and he should put in some quality innings that will give Chicago a chance to come out ahead despite having to face one of the better young starters in Major League Baseball.
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