Athletics vs. White Sox Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – August 6, 2024

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Athletics vs. White Sox Betting Odds, Probable Starters 8/6/2024

Data Skrive:

The Oakland Athletics (46-67) are -175 favorites to break their two-game losing streak when they face the Chicago White Sox (27-87), losers of 20 in a row. The game begins Tuesday at 9:40 PM ET on NBCS-CA, live from Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Ross Stripling will get the ball for Oakland while Chicago will counter with Jonathan Cannon.

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

Moneyline

Athletics to win vs White Sox -175

Bet $20, Payout $31.43

Athletics vs. White Sox Betting Lines

  • Favorite: Athletics (-175)
  • Underdog: White Sox (+145)
  • Over/under: 8

Athletics vs. White Sox Betting Insights

  • The Athletics have won in nine, or 75%, of the 12 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
  • Oddsmakers have given Oakland the best odds of winning it has seen this season, with a -175 moneyline listed for this contest.
  • Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Athletics have a 63.6% chance of pulling out a win.
  • The White Sox are 23-84 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 21.5% of those games).
  • When playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +145 or longer, Chicago has gone 12-61 (16.4%).
  • Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the White Sox have an implied win probability of 40.8%.

Athletics vs. White Sox Hitting Leaders

  • Brent Rooker leads Oakland in batting average (.290), home runs (28) and runs batted in (81) this season.
  • Among all MLB batters, Rooker ranks 18th in batting average, 19th in on-base percentage, and fifth in slugging.
  • JJ Bleday has 96 hits and an OBP of .321 to go with a slugging percentage of .438 this season.
  • Andrew Vaughn has put up a team-best batting average of .235, and paces the White Sox in home runs (13) and runs batted in (50).
  • Among all batters in the majors, Vaughn’s home run total puts him 88th, and his RBI total ranks 76th.
  • Gavin Sheets has 19 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 35 walks while hitting .214.

Athletics vs. White Sox Pitching Rankings

  • The Athletics strike out just 7.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 28th in MLB.
  • The Athletics have the 23rd-ranked ERA (4.39) in the majors this season.
  • The Athletics have a combined WHIP of 1.352 as a pitching staff, which is fourth-worst in baseball this season.
  • The 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the White Sox pitching staff ranks 19th in the majors.
  • Chicago’s 4.88 team ERA ranks 29th among all MLB pitching staffs.
  • Pitchers for the White Sox combine for the second-worst WHIP in MLB (1.422).