Detroit vs Chicago White Sox

Team matchup: Chicago White Sox won yesterday and it was Valverde’s mistake. Detroit Tigers were leading whole game, but in 9th inning they lost. Detroit is way better, than this record shows and they will have to start playing baseball, because 13-13 record is not what they want. Currently they are on second place and with today’s win they can come close to Cleveland. I also expect Cleveland to lose today. As I said yesterday, both teams have similar numbers, but in last games Tigers are playing better. In last 5 games Detroit hits 0.314 against RHP, on other side White Sox only 0.239 against RHP in last 5 games. The same story in last 10 games. Detroit 0.283 vs RHP, White Sox only 0.227.

 

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Pitching matchup: Ric Porcello, who will pitch for Detroit won last 4 starts against White Sox including that one in 2012. After very good two starts to the season, when he won against Tampa at home and White Sox on the road, he struggles in two games against Texas and Seattle. After that two games, he was working on mechanics and in last game against Kansas he looked sharp (7 inn, 3 runs). “Things changed after a mechanical adjustment suggested by Tigers pitching coach Jeff Jones. “Jonesy just suggested something to slow down my delivery,” Porcello said. ” On other side we have Axelrod, who will pitch for White Sox. He is not starting pitcher, but reliever for White Sox, but he replaced Sale for this game. He pitched only 3 innings this season an now they expect from him to pitch at least 5-6 innings. In some cases, pitchers show their best stuff, because they want to earn starting spot, but it is very risky option and I think we have big edge with Porcello. He is more experienced, he was working on his pitches and he will probably have better run support.

 

Key trends: White Sox are 8-21 in the last 29 meetings. White Sox are 1-5 in the last 6 meetings in Detroit.Tigers are 4-0 in Porcellos last 4 starts vs. White Sox.

 

Reason for pick: White Sox have bad histroy playing in Detroit and they have bad history against Porcello. Detroit is still top offensive team in MLB and they will start hitting sooner or later. Today they have great chance with Porcello on the mound.

 

Bet: Detroit -1.5 @2.46 with Pinnacle Sports