Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Guardians 8/4/2023 Picks

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The Chicago White Sox will square off with the home-team Cleveland Guardians in an MLB American League Central Division three-game series on the road at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Friday evening.

The Chi White Sox dropped to 43-67 after four consecutive losses, fell to 20-38 when playing away from home following three straight road losses, and placed fourth in the AL Central with 10.5 games behind the Cleveland Guardians in the second place.

The White Sox compiled a total of 450 runs scored to date but also dropped 547 for a -97 run difference over the course of the season.

The Chi White Sox struggled as of late after losing four games in a row including a series sweep to the Texas Rangers last series out.

Chicago opened game 3 with a three-run blast but was held scoreless in the next eight frames of action and limited to just 9 hits in a 3-5 road loss.

Starting Pitcher Touki Toussaint (1-4, 3.92 ERA) took the loss for the White Sox after dropping 5 hits, 4 earned runs, and 4 bases on balls with 9 strikeouts through 5.1 innings pitched.

Left Fielder Andrew Benintendi averages .277 at the plate with a team-high on-base percentage of .344 in leading the Chi White Sox this season.

Center Fielder Luis Robert Jr. recorded 29 home runs, 60 runs batted in, and 109 hits for the White Sox. The Chi White Sox posted a team batting average of .236 with a slugging percentage of .386 for the year.

On Friday, Right-handed Pitcher Mike Clevinger will climb the hill to start the opening game against the Cleveland Guardians.

Clevinger marked a 4-4 record for the season with a sterling 3.59 ERA, a strong 1.29 WHlP, and fanned out 56 hitters with 61 hits, 26 free bases, and 9 homers through 67.2 frames of work in his starts.

The totals went UNDER in 5 of the Chi White Sox’s last 6 outings while the White Sox are 2-10 SU in their last 12 matches.

The Chi White Sox are 4-2 straight up in their last 6 contests played versus Cleveland and the White Sox are 0-6 SU in their last 6 road games.

The totals went UNDER in 8 of the Chicago White Sox’s last 9 outings when playing on the road against the Cleveland Guardians.

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Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Guardians Predictions 8/4/2023

The Cleveland Guardians are on their way home to make a home defense and will try to bounce back following three straight losses with victory in the series opener versus the Chicago White Sox on Friday.

Cleveland dropped to 53-56 overall after losing five of the last six matches played, posted a 28-24 record at home play, and placed second in the AL Central with 10.5 games ahead of the White Sox in the fourth place.

The Guardians collected 446 runs scored but also wasted 447 for a run-difference of -1 over the year.

The Cleveland Guardians enter this competition following three straight road losses including the recent 2-3 defeat in game 3 to complete a series sweep last time out.

Cleveland was limited to just 2 runs scored on 7 hits with one error committed while Relief Pitcher Nick Sandlin (5-4, 3.64 ERA) took the loss for the Guardians after the right-hander gave up one hit, one earned run, and one free base in pitching for 0.2 frames of work.

First Baseman Josh Naylor posted a team-high batting average of .306, and 79 runs batted in for Cleveland this season.

Third Baseman Jose Ramirez recorded a team-leading 18 home runs, 119 total hits made, and an on-base percentage at .359 for the Guardians.

Cleveland earned a team batting average of .314 with a slugging percentage of .382 for the year.

On Friday, Left-handed Pitcher Logan Allen will be heading to the pitcher’s mound to start the first installment of a series against the Chicago White Sox.

The southpaw thrower is 4-4 for the year with a nice ERA of 3.70, a good WHlP at 1.37, and fanned out 80 batters in his starts while conceding 82 hits, 28 free walks, and 10 long balls across 80.1 innings pitched this season.

The totals went UNDER in 5 of Cleveland’s last 6 contests while the Guardians are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games played.

The totals went UNDER in 7 of Cleveland’s last 8 outings -played versus the Chi White Sox while the Guardians are 7-3 in their last 10 home matches.

The totals went UNDER in 8 of the Cleveland Guardians’ last 9 contests when playing at home against the Chicago White Sox.

Chicago White Sox vs. Cleveland Guardians. The MLB Pick for this contest is Chicago +142. The Guardians lost four of the last five matches played.

The Chi White Sox starter Mike Clevinger finished two solid starts conceding zero runs on five hits through 9-2/3 frames while Cleveland starter Logan Allen was hit hard in his last start after yielding five runs across 6.0 innings pitched.

The prediction: Chicago White Sox will win 6-2.

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