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The Detroit Tigers (86-74) roll into Saturday’s matchup with the Chicago White Sox (39-121) looking to extend a six-game winning streak. The contest starts at 1:10 p.m. ET on MLB Network with the Tigers listed as -241 favorites on the moneyline. Detroit has not named a starter for this contest, while Chicago is projected to send Sean Burke to the mound.
Take a look at our betting primer for this contest, and discover all of our MLB betting picks, too!
Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $28.30
Tigers to win vs White Sox -241
Tigers vs. White Sox Betting Lines
- Favorite: Tigers (-241)
- Underdog: White Sox (+197)
Tigers vs. White Sox Betting Insights
- The Tigers have been chosen as favorites in 65 games this year and have walked away with the win 39 times (60%) in those games.
- Detroit has been listed as a favorite of -241 or more on two occasions this season and split those games.
- The Tigers have an implied victory probability of 70.7% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.
- The White Sox have gone 35-117 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 23% of those games).
- When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +197 or longer, Chicago has a 7-35 record (winning just 16.7% of its games).
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the White Sox’s implied win probability is 33.7%.
Tigers vs. White Sox Hitting Leaders
- Riley Greene is batting .265 with 24 home runs and 74 RBI. All three of those stats are best among Detroit hitters this season.
- Greene ranks 42nd in homers and 57th in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
- Matt Vierling has collected 133 hits this season and has an OBP of .313. He’s slugging .425 on the year.
- Andrew Vaughn has racked up a team-high batting average of .246, and leads the White Sox in home runs (19) and runs batted in (69).
- Vaughn ranks 89th in home runs and 76th in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
- Andrew Benintendi has hit 19 home runs to pace his team.
Tigers vs. White Sox Pitching Rankings
- The Tigers average the 18th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.5) in the league this season.
- The Tigers have the third-best ERA (3.59) in the majors this season.
- Tigers pitchers have a 1.163 WHIP this season, second-best in the majors.
- The White Sox pitching staff ranks 12th in MLB with a collective 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Chicago has the 28th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.72).
- Pitchers for the White Sox combine for the second-worst WHIP in MLB (1.444).