Detroit Tigers (54-89) vs Chicago White Sox (74-70)
Game Info: Friday, September 16, 2022 at 7:10 pm (Comerica Park)
Matt Manning (2-2) (3.73) vs Lucas Giolito (10-9) (5.18)
Betting Odds: Detroit Tigers +130 / Chicago White Sox -150 --- Over/Under: 7.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Chicago White Sox will play the Detroit Tigers in Game 1 of their series at Comerica Park on Friday night.
The Chicago White Sox are 74-70 this season and have won six of their last eight games. Chicago is coming off of a win on Thursday against Cleveland by a score of 8-2. The Chicago pitching staff has a 3.91 ERA, a 1.29 WHIP, and a .241 opponent batting average this season. The White Sox offense has scored 625 runs with a .262 batting average and a .318 on base percentage. Jose Abreu is batting .313 with 15 home runs and 69 RBI’s for the White Sox this season. The projected starter for Chicago is Lucas Giolito, who is 10-9 with a 5.18 ERA and a 1.49 WHIP over 139 innings pitched this season.
The Detroit Tigers are 54-89 this season and have lost four games in a row. Detroit is coming off of a series loss against Houston, where they lost all three games played in the series. The Detroit pitching staff has a 4.13 ERA, a 1.30 WHIP, and a .249 opponent batting average. The Tigers offense has scored 471 runs with a .229 batting average and a .285 on base percentage this year. Javier Baez is batting .233 with 13 home runs and 56 RBI’s for the Tigers this season. The projected starter for Detroit is Matt Manning, who is 2-2 with a 3.73 ERA and a 1.22 WHIP over 50.2 innings pitched this season.
Chicago is 5-0 in their last 5 game one’s of a series and 5-1 in their last 6 road games. The under is 4-1-1 in Chicago’s last 6 Friday games. Detroit is 18-42 in their last 60 games and 15-36 in their last 51 Friday games. The over is 5-0-1 in Detroit’s last 6 game one’s of a series. Chicago is 42-15 in these two teams last 57 head to head meetings.
Chicago comes into this series three games behind Cleveland for first place in the AL Central and needs to take all three of these games. Chicago has absolutely owned Detroit lately, winning 42 of their last 57 games against each other. Chicago is starting Lucas Giolito, who has allowed 10 runs over his last 16.1 innings pitched. For the Tigers, Matt Manning 11 earned runs over his last 12.2 innings pitched. I like the over in this game.