Chicago White Sox at Texas Rangers 8/3/23 - MLB Betting Picks and Odds
Chicago White Sox vs. Texas Rangers
MLB: 2:05 PM EST
Aug. 03, 2023
TV: n/a
Latest Odds : Texas Rangers -245 ; O/U 8.5
The Chicago White Sox will wrap a three-game set Thursday afternoon in Texas against the Texas Rangers. Chicago comes into Thursday 22 games under .500 on a 2 game skid after the loss in game one of this series. The White Sox will give the ball to Touki Toussaint for the tenth time this year. On the year Toussaint is 2 games below .500 with a 3.5 ERA, while posting a 5.14 ERA in five starts on the road.
Offensively this year Chicago has been well below average with a .237 team batting average to go along with 446 runs and 874 hits. Luis Robert Jr. is the offensive leader for Chicago this season with 29 home runs and has posted a team leading 60 RBIs. Andrew Benintendi is the most consistent bat in the lineup with a .279 average to lead the White Sox.
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The Texas Rangers stay at home Thursday as the top team in the American League West 15 games above 500. Offensively Texas has been a smoke show this year with 1,010 hits to go along with 611 runs across 107 games. The Texas power has shined as well as the Rangers carry a .457 slugging percentage and have hit 146 total home runs. Nathaniel Lowe leads the Texas offense this season with a .285 batting average and has compiled a .380 on base percentage. Adolis Garcia leads the team with 26 home runs and 85 RBIs.
Max Scherzer will make his first start for Texas Thursday night coming in 9-4 with a 4.01 ERA in his time with New York. Scherzer has given up 49 runs on 98 hits across 107.2 innings of work this year. At home with New York Scherzer finished undefeated with a 2.18 ERA across seven outings.
Recent Betting Trends:
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chi White Sox's last 5 games.
Chi White Sox are 2-8 SU in their last 10 games.
Chi White Sox are 3-7 SU in their last 10 games against Texas.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Texas' last 6 games.
Texas are 2-5 SU in their last 7 games.
Free Betting Pick: Texas Rangers -1.5
The Texas Rangers are and have been one of the better teams in baseball all year. Now the Rangers will get to use one of their new additions on Thursday as Max Scherzer makes his team debut. Look for Scherzer to dominate the White Sox leading to the easy win. Final Score Prediction, Texas Rangers win and cover 7-1.