One team will end a losing skid when the 34-40 Detroit Tigers (four-game losing streak) and the 20-56 Chicago White Sox (two-game losing streak) meet Saturday at 1:10 PM ET. The Tigers have been set as -157 favorites by bookmakers for the contest at Comerica Park. Kenta Maeda gets the starting nod for Detroit while Drew Thorpe is Chicago’s starter for the contest.
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Betting Odds
Bet $20, Payout $32.74
Tigers to win vs White Sox -157
Tigers vs. White Sox Betting Lines
- Favorite: Tigers (-157)
- Underdog: White Sox (+132)
- Over/under: 8.5
Tigers vs. White Sox Betting Insights
- The Tigers have come away with 18 wins in the 35 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
- This year Detroit has won six of nine games when listed as at least -157 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Tigers have a 61.1% chance of walking away with the win.
- The White Sox have gone 18-56 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 24.3% of those games).
- In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +132 or longer, Chicago has a 12-48 record (winning just 20% of its games).
- The White Sox have a 43.1% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
Tigers vs. White Sox Hitting Leaders
- Riley Greene leads Detroit in home runs (14) and runs batted in (37) this season while batting .256.
- Among hitters in baseball, Greene is 20th in home runs and 50th in RBI.
- Mark Canha has 59 hits and an OBP of .349 to go with a slugging percentage of .375 this season.
- Gavin Sheets is hitting .228 with 14 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 32 walks.
- Sheets’ home run total ranks 117th in MLB, and he is 115th in RBI.
- Andrew Vaughn has 34 RBI while hitting .239. Both are team-highs.
Tigers vs. White Sox Pitching Rankings
- The Tigers have an 8.5 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 16th in the majors.
- Tigers pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.86 this year, which ranks 13th in MLB.
- The Tigers have a combined WHIP of just 1.212 as a pitching staff, which is the eighth-best in baseball this season.
- The White Sox pitching staff ranks seventh in MLB with a collective 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Chicago has the 29th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.82).
- The White Sox have the second-highest WHIP in baseball (1.422).