White Sox-Tigers Who Will Cover?

If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Saturday when the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers meet at Comerica Park. John Danks will be the starting pitcher for the White Sox on this day. Lefthander Danks is 7-4 this season with a 3.03 ERA. It'll be ace Justin Verlander toeing the rubber for the Tigers in this contest. Righthander Verlander is 8-9 with a 3.95 ERA so far this season. NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Tigers listed as 152-moneyline favorites versus the White Sox, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The White Sox scored twice in the top of the ninth to come back and defeat the Tigers 6-5 on Friday, as +105 underdogs. The 11 runs made it OVER the posted over/under (10.5). Jermaine Dye belted the two-run shot to lead the White Sox. D.J. Carrasco collected the win in relief, and Bobby Jenks turned away the side in the ninth for his 20th save. Magglio Ordonez went 3-for-4 at the plate with one RBI for the Tigers, who were favored at -115 in that game. Todd Jones gave up the winning home run and was tagged with the loss. Current streak: Chicago has won 3 straight games. Team records: Chicago: 58-43 SU Detroit: 52-50 SU Chicago most recently: When playing on Saturday are 6-4 Before playing Detroit are 6-4 After playing Detroit are 6-4 After a win are 6-4 Detroit most recently: When playing on Saturday are 5-5 Before playing Chi White Sox are 4-6 After playing Chi White Sox are 5-5 After a loss are 5-5 A few trends to consider: The total has gone OVER in 8 of Chi White Sox's last 9 games The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chi White Sox's last 7 games on the road Chi White Sox are 16-8 SU in their last 24 games Chi White Sox are 12-6 SU in their last 18 games when playing on the road against Detroit Detroit is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games Detroit is 14-5 SU in its last 19 games at home The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit's last 7 games at home Detroit is 8-15 SU in their last 23 games when playing Chi White Sox Next up: Detroit home to Chi White Sox, Sunday, July 27