Texas Rangers vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, Pick and Preview, August 4 (8/4): MLB

Texas Rangers vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, Pick and Preview, August 4 (8/4): MLB

Credit: photo by Bruce Kluckhohn-USA TODAY Sports

 

Odds

Time 8:05 p.m. EST
White Sox money line -140
White Sox run line -1.5 (+130)
Rangers money line +117
Rangers run line +1.5 (-150)
Over / under 9

 

Key stats

  Chicago White Sox Texas Rangers
Record 53-51 46-58
Road / home record 28-22 21-29
Last 10 record 7-3 3-7
Streak W2 L2
Over / under record 47-50-7 51-46-7
Runs / game 4.37 4.49
Runs allowed / game 4.46 4.52

 

Preview

The Texas Rangers and the Chicago White Sox will meet again to play a 4-game series at the Globe Life Field. The White Sox won their last series against the Royals while the Rangers lost vs Orioles. Texas won the last series 2-1 against Chicago.

Chicago White Sox

The White Sox get here with a 53-51 record and have won 4 of their last 5 games. The team is averaging 4.37 runs per game. They're batting for .259 AVG, 454 runs scored in 938 hits and 91 home runs, ranking #17 in offense in the league behind the Cleveland Guardians. Jose Abreu leads with 14 home runs and 55 RBI while Tim Anderson is batting for .311 avg.

Defensively they are allowing 4.46 runs per game and rank #21 in the league. Dylan Cease leads the team with a 2.01 ERA, 161 strikeouts and 11 wins recorded.

Probable Pitcher:

Johnny Cueto (4-4, 2.86 ERA) will be on the mound for the White Sox in the 1st game of the series. Cueto didn't factor into the decision during Saturday's 3-2 win against the Athletics, allowing two runs on six hits and one walk with two strikeouts in seven innings. He has a record of 0-1 with an ERA of 6.00 and 5 strikeouts in 2 appearances versus the Rangers in his career.

Texas Rangers

The Rangers get here with a 46-58 record and have lost 4 of their last 5 games. The team is averaging 4.49 runs per game and they're batting for .239 AVG, have 467 runs scored in 847 hits and 131 home runs, ranking #11 in offense in the league behind the Minnesota Twins. Adolis Garcia leads with 64 RBI and 18 home runs while Corey Seager has 24 homers and 55 RBI.

Defensively as they are allowing 4.52 runs per game and rank #22 in the league. Martin Perez leads the pitching staff with a 2.47 ERA, 116 strikeouts and 9 wins recorded for the Rangers.

Probable Pitcher:

Cole Ragans (0-0, 0.00 ERA) will be on the mound for the Rangers in the 1st game of the series. Ragans, 24, was a first-round pick in 2016 and was sidelined from 2018-2020 due to Tommy John surgery and the COVID-19 pandemic. However, he rebounded last season and has been arguably the best pitching prospect in the system in 2022. Ragans, whose plus changeup is his signature pitch, has a 3.04 ERA, 1.12 WHIP and 113:31 K:BB in 94.2 innings split evenly across Double-A Frisco and Triple-A.

BETTING TRENDS

Chi White Sox are 6-2 SU in their last 8 games on the road.

The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chi White Sox's last 6 games when playing on the road against Texas.

Texas are 0-7 SU in their last 7 games at home.

The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas' last 6 games when playing at home against Chi White Sox.

Prediction

The White Sox have been playing well lately as they have won 7 of their last 10 games and 6 of their last 8 on the road. For this game they'll send Johnny Cueto to the mound who has been sharp lately allowing 6 runs in his last 20 innings pitched. The Rangers were dominated by the Orioles in the last series and they scored only 2 runs per game. They're calling the rookie Cole Ragans who's having a good year in the minors but will face a White Sox team that's on a roll and playing good offense. Take the White Sox. 

PICK: White Sox ML (-140)

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