Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Mariners-White Sox Who Will Cover?

The Seattle Mariners and the Chicago White Sox will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at U.S. Cellular Field.
Righthander R.A. Dickey will take the mound for the Mariners to start this game. Dickey is 2-7 this season with a 6.03 ERA.
Starting this game for the White Sox will be Gavin Floyd. The righthander has a 3.75 ERA to go along with a 12-6 record this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the White Sox listed as 240-moneyline favorites versus the Mariners, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
Clayton Richard threw six scoreless innings to earn the win, as the White Sox blanked the Mariners 5-0 on Tuesday night.
Chicago won as -105 home underdogs as the teams played under the 9-run total posted by oddsmakers.
Jim Thome and Nick Swisher were both 2-for-3 with a homer for the White Sox, while Alexei Ramirez went 2-for-4 with a run batted in for Chicago.
Felix Hernandez was tagged for five runs over five innings to take the loss for Seattle, as Adrian Beltre was 2-for-3 for the Mariners.
Current streak:
Seattle has lost 5 straight games.
Chicago has won 4 straight games.
Team records:
Seattle: 46-79 SU
Chicago: 72-53 SU
Seattle most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 5-5
Before playing Oakland are 5-5
After playing Chi White Sox are 7-3
After a loss are 3-7

Chicago most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 5-5
Before playing Tampa Bay are 5-5
After playing Seattle are 3-7
After a win are 6-4
A few trends to consider:
Seattle is 6-17 SU in their last 23 games when playing on the road against Chi White Sox
Seattle is 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing Chi White Sox
Seattle is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Seattle is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
Chi White Sox are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games at home
Chi White Sox are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games
Chi White Sox are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing Seattle
Chi White Sox are 17-6 SU in their last 23 games when playing at home against Seattle
Next up:
Seattle home to Oakland, Thursday, August 21
Chi White Sox home to Tampa Bay, Friday, August 22

 

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