Chicago White Sox (80-80) vs Minnesota Twins (77-83)
Game Info: Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 8:10 pm (Guaranteed Rate Field)
Lucas Giolito (10-9) (5.00) vs Josh Winder (4-5) (4.31)
Betting Odds: Chicago White Sox -130 / Minnesota Twins +110 --- Over/Under: 7.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Minnesota Twins will play the Chicago White Sox in Game 2 of their series at Guaranteed Rate Field on Tuesday night.
The Minnesota Twins are 77-83 this season and have lost four of their last five games. Minnesota lost Game 1 of this series by a score of 3-2 on Monday night. The Minnesota pitching staff has a 3.99 ERA, a 1.25 WHIP, and a .242 opponent batting average this season. The Twins offense has scored 683 runs with a .248 batting average and a .317 on base percentage. Carlos Correa is batting .292 with 22 home runs and 64 RBI’s for the Twins this season. The projected starter for Minnesota is Josh Winder, who is 4-5 with a 4.31 ERA and a 1.25 WHIP over 64.2 innings pitched this season.
The Chicago White Sox are 80-80 this season and have won four of their last five games. Prior to winning Game 1 of this series, Chicago won two out of the three games played in their series against San Diego. The Chicago pitching staff has a 3.89 ERA, a 1.29 WHIP, and a .243 opponent batting average. The White Sox offense has scored 677 runs with a .256 batting average and a .311 on base percentage this year. Jose Abreu is batting .304 with 15 home runs and 75 RBI’s for the White Sox this season. The projected starter for Chicago is Lucas Giolito, who is 10-9 with a 5.00 ERA and a 1.47 WHIP over 154.2 innings pitched this season.
Minnesota is 18-39 in their last 57 road games and 5-13 in their last 18 games. The under is 5-0-2 in Minnesota’s last 7 road games. Chicago is 4-9 in their last 13 games and 1-5 in their last 6 Tuesday games. The under is 4-0-1 in Chicago’s last 5 games. The over is 8-4-2 in these two teams last 14 head to head meetings in Chicago.
Both of these teams had a chance to win the AL Central at the beginning of September, but neither team played very well and lost the division to Cleveland. Chicago is starting Lucas Giolito, who has allowed six runs over his last 15.2 innings pitched. For the Twins, Josh Winder has allowed 10 runs over his last 15.1 innings pitched. I like the White Sox in this game.