Mauricio Dubon (11 games) will look to add to his hitting streak when the Houston Astros (33-40) and Chicago White Sox (20-54) meet Wednesday at 8:10 PM ET, live on SCHN from Guaranteed Rate Field. Dubon and the Astros are favored by oddsmakers with -116 odds on the moneyline. Hunter Brown gets the starting nod for Houston while Garrett Crochet is Chicago’s starter for the contest.
Here is our betting primer for this matchup, and discover all of our MLB betting picks, too!
Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $37.24
Astros to win vs White Sox -116
Astros vs. White Sox Betting Lines
- Favorite: Astros (-116)
- Underdog: White Sox (-104)
- Over/under: 7.5
Astros vs. White Sox Betting Insights
- The Astros have come away with 26 wins in the 57 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
- This season Houston has been victorious 25 times in 52 chances when named as a favorite of at least -116 on the moneyline.
- The Astros have an implied victory probability of 53.7% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- The White Sox have gone 18-54 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 25% of those games).
- In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of -104 or longer, Chicago has a 15-54 record (winning just 21.7% of its games).
- The White Sox have a 51% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
Astros vs. White Sox Hitting Leaders
- Yordan Alvarez has been key for Houston with 14 home runs, 37 RBI and a batting average of .290 this season.
- Alvarez is 19th in homers and 47th in RBI among all batters in MLB.
- Jose Altuve leads Houston in batting with a .295 average while slugging 11 homers and driving in 29 runs.
- Gavin Sheets has 14 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 32 walks while hitting .232.
- In all of the majors, Sheets is 108th in homers and 110th in RBI.
- Andrew Vaughn’s 33 runs batted in pace his team.
Astros vs. White Sox Pitching Rankings
- The Astros have an 8.6 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 13th in the majors.
- The Astros have pitched to a 4.18 ERA this season, which ranks 21st in baseball.
- The Astros rank 23rd in MLB with a combined 1.319 WHIP this season.
- The White Sox pitching staff is seventh in MLB with a collective 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Chicago has a 4.86 team ERA that ranks 29th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The White Sox have the second-highest WHIP in baseball (1.415).