Tigers vs. White Sox Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – August 23, 2024

The Chicago White Sox (31-97) enter Friday’s matchup with the Detroit Tigers (62-65) following their 1-2 series defeat to the Giants. The Tigers, coming off of a series split against the Cubs, are listed as -167 favorites for Game 1. The series begins at Guaranteed Rate Field, starting at 8:10 p.m. ET on BSDET. Detroit’s Keider Montero and Chicago’s Chris Flexen have been named the starters for this contest.

Be sure to check out our preview for this matchup, and find all of our expert MLB picks, too!

Tigers vs. White Sox Betting Lines

• Favorite: Tigers (-167)
• Underdog: White Sox (+140)
• Over/under: 8.5

Tigers vs. White Sox Betting Insights

• The Tigers have come away with 25 wins in the 48 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
• This season Detroit has been victorious six times in nine chances when named as a favorite of at least -167 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Tigers have a 62.5% chance of walking away with the win.
• The White Sox are 27-94 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 22.3% of those games).
• When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +140 or longer, Chicago has a 17-73 record (winning only 18.9% of its games).
• The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the White Sox a 41.7% chance to win.

Tigers vs. White Sox Hitting Leaders

• Riley Greene leads Detroit in home runs with 18, runs batted in with 54 and his batting average of .261 is also best on his team.
• Greene is 55th in homers and 83rd in RBI among all batters in MLB.
• Matt Vierling has collected 104 hits this season and has an OBP of .293. He’s slugging .431 on the year.
• Andrew Vaughn paces the White Sox in home runs (14), runs batted in (53) and has put up a team-best batting average of .240.
• In all of the majors, Vaughn is 104th in homers and 85th in RBI.
• Andrew Benintendi has 15 doubles, 13 home runs and 27 walks while hitting .211.

Tigers vs. White Sox Pitching Rankings

• The Tigers strike out 8.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 14th in MLB.
• Tigers pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.81 this year, 10th-best in baseball.
• The Tigers have a combined 1.192 WHIP as a pitching staff, third-lowest in MLB.
• The White Sox pitching staff is 18th in the majors with a collective 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Chicago has the 29th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.81).
• The White Sox have the second-highest WHIP in the majors (1.434).