Red Sox vs. White Sox Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – June 8, 2024

Andrew Vaughn leads the Chicago White Sox (16-48) into Saturday’s matchup with the Boston Red Sox (32-32) on a two-game homer streak. His White Sox are underdogs for the contest, however, with bookmakers naming the Red Sox as -110 moneyline favorites. The game starts at 4:10 PM ET from Guaranteed Rate Field, live on NESN. Brayan Bello gets the starting nod for Boston while Nick Nastrini is Chicago’s starter for the contest.

Here is our preview for this matchup, and uncover all of our MLB picks, too!

Red Sox vs. White Sox Betting Lines

• Favorite: Red Sox (-110)
• Underdog: White Sox (-109)
• Over/under: 8

Red Sox vs. White Sox Betting Insights

• The Red Sox have been favorites in 31 games this season and have come away with the win 17 times (54.8%) in those contests.
• Boston has a record of 17-16 when favored by -110 or more this year.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Red Sox have a 52.4% chance of walking away with the win.
• The White Sox have won 22.6% of the games this season they were the underdog on the moneyline (14-48).
• Chicago has a 13-48 record (winning just 21.3% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of -109 or longer.
• The White Sox have a 52.2% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.

Red Sox vs. White Sox Hitting Leaders

• Jarren Duran has been key for Boston with five home runs, 27 RBI and a batting average of .266 this season.
• Duran’s home runs put him 142nd in baseball, and he ranks 83rd in RBI.
• Rafael Devers leads Boston in homers with 13 while also batting a team-best .286 this season.
• Gavin Sheets paces the White Sox in runs batted in (23) and has put up a team-best batting average of .235.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Sheets is 106th in homers and 124th in RBI.
• Vaughn is batting .217 with 12 doubles, six home runs and 16 walks.

Red Sox vs. White Sox Pitching Rankings

• The Red Sox average 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, ninth-most in the league.
• Red Sox pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.38 this year, fifth-best in baseball.
• The Red Sox have a combined WHIP of just 1.145 as a pitching staff, which is the fifth-best in baseball this season.
• The pitching staff for the White Sox has a collective 8.7 K/9, the ninth-best in MLB.
• Chicago has a 5.03 team ERA that ranks 29th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the White Sox combine for the second-worst WHIP in baseball (1.445).