Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Guardians Betting Preview/Prop Pick

The Chicago White Sox have been in Cleveland since Monday, but no baseball has been played. The Guardians and White Sox will play two games on Wednesday night, and the betting preview for this game focuses on the second game.

Chicago comes into this series with a record of 6-3, and they look like the clear team to beat in the AL Central Division. The White Sox did lose on Sunday to the Tampa Bay Rays, and they’ve had to sit with that loss for a while.

Cleveland brings a 4-5 record into the doubleheader on Wednesday, and this team has been too inconsistent. The Guardians have lost three straight games, and all of those losses were at home to the San Francisco Giants. 

The Chicago White Sox are slim moneyline betting favorites over the Cleveland Guardians in Game Two of the doubleheader.

White Sox Can Slug

The Chicago White Sox have one of the most feared lineups in all of baseball, and they are going to do some serious damage in some games. Chicago is hitting just .228 as a team this season, but they have blasted ten home runs.

Eloy Jimenez and Luis Robert are two of the biggest bats in the lineup, and those two players will have to get going at some point. Robert has belted a pair of home runs, and Jimenez has seven RBIs to lead the team.

Jimmy Lambert will get the ball in the second game of the DH on Wednesday night. Lambert is 0-1 with a 6.00 ERA this season, and the White Sox are counting on him to deliver.

Guardians Must Get Outs

The Cleveland Guardians are not a team that is going to do a ton of damage on offense, and it will be up to that pitching staff to get some outs. Cleveland currently has a team ERA of 3.49, but that pitching staff will be tested on Wednesday.

Triston McKenzie will make the start on Wednesday night, and he is looking for his first win. McKenzie does have an ERA of just 2.57, and he has the talent to shut an opposing team down. 

Jose Ramirez continues to lead the way for the Guardians on offense as he has three home runs and a .457 batting average. Cleveland doesn’t want to get into a slugfest with Chicago, but they will have to score some runs.

Guardians Get Past White Sox

The first game of the doubleheader features a terrific pitcher’s duel, but that isn’t the case in the second game of the day. There should be more offense at night, and that would seem to favor the White Sox a bit.

Chicago is a team that has some big bats up and down the lineup, but they don’t always get runners on base. Cleveland has a team on-base percentage of .348 heading into this game, and they will grind out some at-bats in this one. 

It’s going to be a long day at the ballpark, and the offensive approach for Cleveland should help them pick up a victory. Bet the Cleveland Guardians as they find just enough offense on Wednesday night to win the second game of the doubleheader over the Chicago White Sox.

Prop Pick

Cleveland (-145) OVER 3.5 Runs

The Guardians are averaging 5.51 runs per 9 innings, which ranks No. 1 in the league, while hitting .276 as a team, which ranks No. 2. Scores have gone OVER in five of Cleveland’s last seven games overall.

With Dunkel predicting a Cleveland victory by the score of 5-4, take the Guardians (-145) to finish OVER their Vegas team total of 3.5 runs against the White Sox.

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