The Oakland Athletics (64-83), led by Lawrence Butler and a 20-game hitting streak, will meet the Chicago White Sox (33-114) oꦡn Friday at Guaranteed Rate Field. The Athletics are -131 favorites for the matchup, which starts at 7:40 p.m. ET on NBCS-CHI.
Brady Basso gets the starting nod for Oakland while Garrett Crochet is Chicago’s starter for the contest.
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Athletics and White Sox Betting Trends
The Athletics have been the moneyline favorite 16 total times this season. They’ve gone 11-5 in those games.
When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -131 or shorꦫter, Oakland has a 7-3 record (winning 70% of 𓃲its games).
This season, the White Sox have been the underdog ღ138 times🌟 and won 28, or 20.3%, of those games.
This season, Chicago has won 26 of its 129 games, or 20.2%, when it’s the underdog by at least +112 on the moneyline.
The Athletics have co✱mbined with opponents to go over the total 68 times thജis season for a 68-76-2 record against the over/under.
The White Sox and their opponent🐓s have hit the over in 63🐠 of their 146 games with a total this season.
Athletics Stats & Insights
The Athletics score the fif🦹th-fewest runs in baseball (596 total, 4.1 per game).
Oakland ave🙈ragesꦫ 1.3 home runs per game to rank fifth in MLB action with 186 total home runs.
The Athletics’ .234 batting average ranks 25th in MLB.
Oakland strikes out 9.2 times per game, the fourth-▨worst mark in ML♔B.
The 7.9 str🍸ikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Athletics pitching staff ran🐷ks 27th in the majors.
Oakland’s 4.33 team ERA ranks 22nd across all MLB pitching staffs.
White Sox Stats & Insights
The White Sox have scꦉored 451 runs (just 3.1 per ga꧙me) this season, which ranks last in MLB.
Chicago has hit just 115 homers this 🦋seasoꦬn, which ranks last in the majors.
The White Sox rank 29th in MLB with a team ༒batting average of just .221.
Chicago ranks 🌳19th with an average of 8.7 strikeouts per game.
The White Sox strike out 8.6 batters per nine i🥂nnings as a pitc꧟hing staff, 13th in MLB.
Chicago pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.86 ERA this ye💦ar, which ranks 29th in MLB.
Athletics Key Players to Watch
Basso (0-0) takes the mound for 📖the Athletics to🌳 make his second start of the season.
Brent Rooker leads Oakland in home runs with 36, runs batted in with 102 and his batting average of .298 is also best on his🉐 team.
JJ Bleday has collected 128 hits this season and has an OBP of .323. He’s slugging .450 on the year.
Butler has collected 97 base hits, an OBP of 𒆙.322 and a slugging percentage of .518 this season.
Shea Langeliers has 97 hits and an OBP of .282 𒆙to go with a slugging percentage of .438 this season.
White Sox Key Players to Watch
The White 🐠Sox will hand the ball to Crochet (6-11) for his 30th start of the season.
Andrew Vaughn has accumulated a team-high batti🍨ng aveꦇrage of .244, and leads the White Sox in home runs (17) and runs batted in (63).
Andrew Benintendi is hitting .2ꦚ20 with 19 doubles, 16 home runs and 38 walks.
Gavin S🍒heets has 24 doubles, a triple, eight home runs an🅘d 41 walks while hitting .239.
Nicky Lopez has 12 doubles, three triples,✨ a home run and 34 walks while batting .241.
Athletics and White Sox Injuries
Athletics: Tyler Soderstrom: 10 Day IL (Undisclosed), Ross Stripling: 15 D🌠ay IL (Back), Austin Adams: 15 Day IL (Forearm), Osvaldo Bido: 15 Day IL (Wrist), Alex Wood: 60 Day IL (Rotator cuff), Ken Waldichuk: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Trevor Gott: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Miguel Andújar: 60 Day IL (Muscle), Luis Medina: 60 Dayꦐ IL (Elbow), Esteury Ruiz: 60 Day IL (Wrist)
White Sox: Brooks Baldwin: 10 Day IL (Wrist), Mike Soroka: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Matt Foster: 15 Day IL (Back), Drew Thorpe: 15 Day IL (Flexor), Steven Wilson: 15 Day IL (♍Back), Jordan Leasure: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Max Stassi: 60 Day IL (Hip), Jimmy Lambert: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Jesse Scholtens: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Mike Clevinger: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Dominic Leone: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Yoán Moncada: 60 Day IL (Abductor)
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