Chicago White Sox (21-61) vs Colorado Rockies (27-53)
Game Info: Friday, June 28, 2024 at 7:10 pm (Guaranteed Rate Field)
The Line: Betting Odds: Chicago White Sox -111 / Colorado Rockies -106 — Over/Under: 8.5
The Colorado Rockies vs Chicago White Sox meet Friday in MLB action from Guaranteed Rate Field. Here’s a Colorado Rockies vs Chicago White Sox prediction. This will be the first installment in a three-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for the game. We will examine:
The Colorado Rockies recent form and player performance
The Chicago White Sox recent form and player performance
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Colorado Rockies
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Chicago White Sox
Recent betting trends in games played between the Rockies and White Sox
A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Rockies vs White Sox game
Colorado Rockies Betting Preview
This week the Rockies played the Houston Astros in a pair of matchups. Colorado lost Tuesday 5-2 then fell again 7-1 in game two. Starter Ryan Feltner ended up with four earned in 6.0 innings, and Brenton Doyle had the lone Rockies RBI.
In the starter slot for the Friday matchup the Rockies are sending out Dakota Hudson. This year Hudson is 2-10 with a 5.63 ERA in 15 starts. Hudson is 40-30 over his career with a 4.09 ERA in 129 games (94 starts).
Chicago White Sox Betting Preview
Over on the White Sox’ side, they had zero luck versus the Los Angeles Dodgers this week, losing in a sweep. Chicago would follow that up with a one-off game versus the Braves on Thursday. In that one the Sox scored their lone run in the first inning during a 1-0 victory. Chicago had just four hits in that one and held Atlanta to only three.
Drew Thorpe will take the starter role for the White Sox Friday. This year Thorpe is 1-1 with a 5.02 ERA in three starts (the first three starts of his career). He has nine Ks in 14.1 innings.
Rockies vs White Sox Pick Injury Notes
Rockies RF Sean Bouchard (back) was out of the lineup for Wednesday’s game.
X-rays on White Sox RF Gavin Sheets’ left heel came back negative.
Total Runs Facts
- Each of the White Sox’s last seven home games have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- Ten of the Rockies’ last 13 games against AL Central opponents have gone OVER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the White Sox’s last three games.
Chicago White Sox Player Prop Facts
- Luis Robert has scored a run in seven of his last eight home appearances against NL opponents that held a losing record.
- Andrew Benintendi has recorded at least one Single in 13 of his last 14 appearances with his team as a favorite against NL opponents.
- Yoan Moncada has recorded at least one total base in each of his last 13 home appearances against opponents that held a losing record.
- Luis Robert has hit a home run in each of his last two appearances with the White Sox as favorites.
- Andrew Vaughn has recorded an RBI in four of the White Sox’s last five games as favorites against NL West opponents.
- Yoan Moncada has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 13 home appearances against opponents that held a losing record.
- Luis Robert has recorded a Double in each of his last three home appearances against NL opponents that held a losing record.
Colorado Rockies Player Prop Facts
- Brendan Rodgers has recorded at least one Double in three of his four previous appearances in night games against AL Central teams that held a losing record.
- Dakota Hudson has recorded three or more strikeouts in three of his last four appearances against opponents that held a losing record.
- Elias Diaz has recorded at least one Single in each of his last 11 Friday appearances against teams that held a losing record.
- Charlie Blackmon has scored a run in eight of his last nine appearances with the Rockies as underdogs against AL opponents.
- Kris Bryant has hit a home run in each of his last two appearances against the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field.
- Ezequiel Tovar has recorded at least one RBI in five of the Rockies’ last six games against AL Central opponents that held a losing record.
- Elias Diaz has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 10 appearances in night games against AL teams that held a losing record.
- Elias Diaz has recorded at least one total base in each of his last 10 appearances in night games against AL teams that held a losing record.
Colorado Rockies vs Chicago White Sox Prediction
I’ll lean toward the Rockies, but I’m likely staying away. Hudson is coming off a rough loss with 11 hits, two walks and eight earned in 3.0 innings versus the Nationals. Prior to that Hudson was better with four earned in 12.0 innings but still went 0-2 in that pair.
Colorado has struggled to score lately, which could impact this series significantly. The Rockies have just four runs combined in the last three games, and playing away from home likely won’t help in overcoming that trend. It’s going to be an uphill battle this weekend.