Athletics vs. White Sox Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – September 13, 2024

Lawrence Butler will look to extend his 19-game hitting streak when the Oakland Athletics (64-82) take on the Chicago White Sox (33-114). The Athletics are listed as -130 favorites on the moneyline for the contest, which starts at 7:40 p.m. ET on Friday, live on NBCS-CHI from Guaranteed Rate Field. Oakland’s Brady Basso and Chicago’s Garrett Crochet have been named the starters for this contest.

Here is our betting preview for this contest, and find all of our MLB picks, too!

Athletics vs. White Sox Betting Lines

• Favorite: Athletics (-130)
• Underdog: White Sox (+110)
• Over/under: 8

Athletics vs. White Sox Betting Insights

• The Athletics have won in 11, or 68.8%, of the 16 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
• This season Oakland has been victorious eight times in 11 chances when named as a favorite of at least -130 on the moneyline.
• The Athletics have an implied victory probability of 56.5% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
• The White Sox have won 29 of the 139 games they were the underdog on the moneyline this season (20.9%).
• Chicago is 26-105 (winning only 19.8% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +110 or longer.
• The White Sox have an implied moneyline win probability of 47.6% in this contest.

Athletics vs. White Sox Hitting Leaders

• Brent Rooker leads Oakland in home runs with 35, runs batted in with 101 and his batting average of .299 is also best on his team.
• Of all batters in baseball, Rooker’s home run total ranks him seventh and his RBI tally ranks him fifth.
• JJ Bleday is batting .244 with an OBP of .322 and a slugging percentage of .449 this season.
• Andrew Vaughn has racked up a team-best batting average of .244, and leads the White Sox in home runs (17) and runs batted in (63).
• Among all batters in MLB, Vaughn is 93rd in home runs and 74th in RBI.
• Andrew Benintendi is hitting .220 with 19 doubles, 16 home runs and 38 walks.

Athletics vs. White Sox Pitching Rankings

• The Athletics strike out just 7.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in MLB.
• Athletics pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.31 this year, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
• Athletics pitchers have a 1.324 WHIP this season, 25th in the majors.
• The White Sox pitching staff is 12th in the majors with a collective 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Chicago’s 4.86 team ERA ranks 29th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the White Sox combine for the second-worst WHIP in baseball (1.456).