Red Sox vs. White Sox Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – June 9, 2024

The Chicago White Sox (17-48) will look to Gavin Sheets, with homers in two straight games, to pull off an upset win over the Boston Red Sox (32-33) Sunday at Guaranteed Rate Field. The Red Sox are -152 moneyline favorites for the game, which starts at 2:10 PM ET live on NESN. Boston’s Zack Kelly gets the start, and he’ll go against Chicago’s Chris Flexen.

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Red Sox vs. White Sox Betting Lines

• Favorite: Red Sox (-152)
• Underdog: White Sox (+129)
• Over/under: 9

Red Sox vs. White Sox Betting Insights

• The Red Sox have been favorites in 32 games this season and have come away with the win 17 times (53.1%) in those contests.
• This season Boston has come away with a win seven times in 10 chances when named as a favorite of at least -152 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Red Sox have a 60.3% chance of walking away with the win.
• The White Sox have won 15 of the 63 games they were the underdog on the moneyline this season (23.8%).
• Chicago has a record of 12-43 in games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +129 or longer (21.8%).
• The White Sox have an implied moneyline win probability of 43.7% in this game.

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 .263 this season.
• Including all hitters in baseball, Duran is 144th in home runs and 87th in RBI.
• Rafael Devers leads Boston in batting average (.284) and home runs (13) this season, while also driving in 32 runs.
• Sheets leads the White Sox with 27 runs batted in while putting up a team-high batting average of .246.
• Among all batters in MLB, Sheets’ home run total puts him 83rd, and his RBI total ranks 87th.
• Andrew Vaughn is hitting .217 with 12 doubles, six home runs and 16 walks.

Red Sox vs. White Sox Pitching Rankings

• The Red Sox average the 13th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.6) in the league this season.
• The Red Sox have pitched to a 3.43 ERA this season, which ranks fifth in baseball.
• The Red Sox have a combined WHIP of just 1.153 as a pitching staff, which is the sixth-best in baseball this season.
• The White Sox pitching staff ranks sixth in the majors with a collective 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Chicago’s 4.97 team ERA ranks 29th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the White Sox combine for the second-worst WHIP in MLB (1.442).