Chicago White Sox (38-24) –115, o/u 10 at Texas Rangers (34-29), 7 p.m. Eastern, ESPN
by Ultimatecapper.com Staff
A couple of old American League West rivals hook up when the Chicago White Sox visit the Texas Rangers for the opener of a four-game series Monday night in Arlington.
Chicago just took two of three games from Cleveland over the weekend, and remains in second place in the AL Central, 1 ˝ games back of the division-leading Detroit Tigers.
Texas just split four games with Boston over the weekend to end a 6-4 road trip. The Rangers still lead the AL West by two games over Oakland.
Texas took two of three games vs. the White Sox in the teams’ first encounter of this season earlier this month. And the Rangers won the season series with Chicago last year 6 games to 3.
The ChiSox are 14-14 on the road this season, 32-22 as favorites.
Texas is 15-16 at home this year, 17-18 as underdogs.
Chicago starter Contreras (6-0, 2.54) has allowed9 ER and 29 H+W in his last 19 IP. The White Sox are 6-4 in Contreras’starts this year, the over/under 3-6.
Contreras hasn’t started a game vs. Texas since 2004.
Rangers’ left-hander Koronka (4-3, 4.69) hasgiven up 11 ER and 27 H+W in his last 16 IP. Texas is 7-5 in Koronka’sstarts this year, the o/u 5-6.
Koronka has never started a game vs. the White Sox.
Chicago owns a .347 team OBP, 6th-best in the AL, and averages 5.4 runs per game. But that average dips to 4.5 RPG vs. LH pitching.
Texas owns a .352 team OBP, 5th-best in the league, and averages 5.4 RPG.
The White Sox bullpen has allowed 4 ER and 15 H+W in its last 13 2/3 IP.
The Rangers bullpen has given up 12 ER and 29 H+W in its last 15 2/3 innings of work.
The o/u is 31-28 in ChiSox games this year, but five of their last six games have stayed under. The o/u is 27-33 in Texas games this season, and a somewhat surprising 12-16 at Ameriquest Field. And the o/u is 7-5 in the last 12 meetings between these two teams.
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The Ultimatecapper Pick: We love Texas as an underdog here!
