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The Chicago White Sox (27-84) hope to avoid their 18th straight defeat when they visit the Minnesota Twins (59-48) Friday at 8:10 PM ET on NBCS-CHI. The Twins are listed as -303 favorites, while the White Sox are +245 underdogs as they try to snap their losing skid. Joe Ryan takes the mound for Minnesota while Davis Martin is Chicago’s starter for the contest.
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Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $26.60
Twins to win vs White Sox -303
Twins vs. White Sox Betting Lines
- Favorite: Twins (-303)
- Underdog: White Sox (+245)
- Over/under: 8.5
Twins vs. White Sox Betting Insights
- The Twins have won in 45, or 62.5%, of the 72 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
- Minnesota has not played a game this season with better moneyline odds than -303.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Twins have a 75.2% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
- The White Sox have a 23-81 record in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 22.1% of those games).
- Chicago has played four times as a moneyline underdog with odds of +245 or longer, and fell in each game.
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the White Sox’s implied win probability is 29%.
Twins vs. White Sox Hitting Leaders
- Carlos Santana has been key for Minnesota with 14 home runs, 48 RBI and a batting average of .247 this season.
- Santana’s home runs put him 74th in MLB, and he is 74th in RBI.
- Willi Castro leads Minnesota in batting with a .259 average while slugging seven homers and driving in 34 runs.
- Andrew Vaughn leads the White Sox with 13 home runs and 48 runs batted in, while racking up a team-high batting average of .232.
- In all of MLB, Vaughn ranks 82nd in home runs and 74th in RBI.
- Gavin Sheets has 19 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 35 walks while hitting .219.
Twins vs. White Sox Pitching Rankings
- The Twins strike out 9.2 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, first-best in MLB.
- The Twins have pitched to a 4.17 ERA this season, which ranks 20th in baseball.
- The Twins have a combined WHIP of just 1.180 as a pitching staff, which is the third-best in baseball this season.
- The 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the White Sox pitching staff ranks 19th in MLB.
- Chicago has a 4.75 team ERA that ranks 29th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the White Sox combine for the second-worst WHIP in baseball (1.403).