Giants vs. White Sox Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – August 21, 2024

The Chicago White Sox (30-96) hope to avoid their fourth straight defeat when they visit the San Francisco Giants (64-63) Wednesday at 3:45 p.m. ET on NBCS-BA. The Giants are listed as -250 favorites, while the White Sox are +205 underdogs as they try to snap their losing skid. San Francisco’s Logan Webb and Chicago’s Garrett Crochet have been named the starters for this contest.

Take a look at our preview for this contest, and find all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Giants vs. White Sox Betting Lines

• Favorite: Giants (-250)
• Underdog: White Sox (+205)
• Over/under: 7.5

Giants vs. White Sox Betting Insights

• The Giants have been victorious in 40, or 58%, of the 69 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
• San Francisco has been listed as a favorite of -250 or more on two occasions this season and won both games.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Giants have a 71.4% chance of walking away with the win.
• The White Sox have won 21.8% of the games this season they were the moneyline underdog (26-93).
• Chicago has gone 4-21 in games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +205 or longer (16%).
• The White Sox have a 32.8% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.

Giants vs. White Sox Hitting Leaders

• Matt Chapman is batting .247 with 20 home runs and 62 RBI. All three of those stats are best among San Francisco hitters this season.
• Chapman’s home runs rank him 34th in baseball, and he ranks 46th in RBI.
• Heliot Ramos has 96 hits and an OBP of .334 to go with a slugging percentage of .488 this season.
• Andrew Vaughn paces the White Sox in home runs (14), runs batted in (52) and has racked up a team-high batting average of .242.
• Among all hitters in the majors, Vaughn is 102nd in home runs and 88th in RBI.
• Andrew Benintendi is batting .215 with 15 doubles, 13 home runs and 26 walks.

Giants vs. White Sox Pitching Rankings

• The Giants strike out 8.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, sixth-best in MLB.
• The Giants have the 21st-ranked ERA (4.19) in the majors this season.
• The Giants have a combined WHIP of 1.304 as a pitching staff, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
• The 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the White Sox pitching staff ranks 19th in MLB.
• Chicago has the 29th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.84).
• The White Sox have the second-highest WHIP in baseball (1.437).