Guardians vs. White Sox Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – July 4, 2024

The Cleveland Guardians (53-30) will look to complete a series sweep as they take a 1-0 lead into their final matchup against the Chicago White Sox (24-63) at 1:10 PM ET Thursday from Progressive Field. The Guardians are favored (-222) by bookmakers. Ben Lively will get the ball for Cleveland while Chicago will counter with Drew Thorpe.

Take a look at our betting primer for this tilt, and discover all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Guardians vs. White Sox Betting Lines

• Favorite: Guardians (-222)
• Underdog: White Sox (+184)
• Over/under: 8.5

Guardians vs. White Sox Betting Insights

• The Guardians have been favorites in 54 games this season and have come away with the win 38 times (70.4%) in those contests.
• Cleveland has a record of 3-1 when favored by -222 or more this year.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Guardians have a 68.9% chance of pulling out a win.
• The White Sox have won 20 of the 82 games they were the underdog on the moneyline this season (24.4%).
• In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +184 or longer, Chicago has a 4-20 record (winning only 16.7% of its games).
• The White Sox have a 35.2% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.

Guardians vs. White Sox Hitting Leaders

• Jose Ramirez leads Cleveland in batting average (.276), home runs (23) and runs batted in (76) this season.
• Among all hitters in Major League Baseball, Ramirez’s home run total ranks him fourth and his RBI tally ranks him second.
• Josh Naylor has collected 71 hits this season and has an OBP of .320. He’s slugging .498 on the year.
• Andrew Vaughn leads the White Sox in runs batted in (40) and has a team-best batting average of .244.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Vaughn’s home run total puts him 60th, and his RBI total ranks 60th.
• Gavin Sheets is batting .235 with 17 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 33 walks.

Guardians vs. White Sox Pitching Rankings

• The Guardians average 9.0 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, third-most in the league.
• The Guardians have the eighth-best ERA (3.63) in the majors this season.
• The Guardians have a combined 1.206 WHIP as a pitching staff, seventh-lowest in MLB.
• The 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the White Sox pitching staff ranks seventh in MLB.
• Chicago has the 26th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.57).
• The White Sox average baseball’s second-worst WHIP (1.369).