Minnesota Twins (49-41) vs Chicago White Sox (43-45)
Game Info: Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 7:40 pm (Target Field)
Sonny Gray (4-2) (3.03) vs Johnny Cueto (3-4) (2.91)
Betting Odds: Minnesota Twins -160 / Chicago White Sox +135 --- Over/Under: 8.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Chicago White Sox will play the Minnesota Twins in Game 1 of their series at Target Field on Thursday night.
The Chicago White Sox are 43-45 this season and have won four of their last six games. Chicago is coming off of a series split against Cleveland, where they won two games and lost two games in the series. The Chicago pitching staff has a 4.04 ERA, a 1.33 WHIP, and a .243 opponent batting average this season. The White Sox offense has scored 374 runs with a .253 batting average and a .308 on base percentage. Jose Abreu is batting .299 with 11 home runs and 43 RBI’s for the White Sox this season. The projected starter for Chicago is Johnny Cueto, who is 3-4 with a 2.91 ERA and a 1.15 WHIP over 68 innings pitched this season.
The Minnesota Twins are 49-41 this season and have won two of their last three games. Minnesota is coming off of a series split against Milwaukee, where they won one game and lost one game in the series. The Minnesota pitching staff has a 3.76 ERA, a 1.22 WHIP, and a .237 opponent batting average. The Twins offense has scored 411 runs with a .253 batting average and a .325 on base percentage this year. Byron Buxton is batting .208 with 23 home runs and 43 RBI’s for the Twins this season. The projected starter for Minnesota is Sonny Gray, who is 4-2 with a 3.03 ERA and a 1.06 WHIP over 59.1 innings pitched this season.
Chicago is 5-17 in their last 22 Thursday games and 1-5 in their last 6 game one’s of a series. The over is 6-2-1 in Chicago’s last 9 Thursday games. Minnesota is 1-6 in their last 7 Thursday games and 2-4 in their last 6 games. The under is 6-1 in Minnesota’s last 7 Thursday games. Chicago is 1-7 in these two teams last 8 head to head meetings.
Minnesota comes into this series with a 5 game lead on the White Sox in the AL Central, making this series very important for both teams. Minnesota is starting Sonny Gray, who has allowed eight runs in his last 9.2 innings of work. For Chicago, Johnny Cueto has allowed eight runs in his last 20 innings. I like the value that Chicago is getting here, especially after Cueto’s last outing. I like the White Sox here.