Rays-White Sox Pointers

A winning streak will be on the line for the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday when they battle the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. Andy Sonnanstine will be the starting pitcher for the Rays on this day. Righthander Sonnanstine is 13-6 this season with a 4.37 ERA. Meanwhile, it'll be ace Mark Buehrle who starts for the White Sox. Lefthander Buehrle is 11-10 with a 3.91 ERA so far this season. NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the White Sox listed as 175-moneyline favorites versus the Rays, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Rays rallied with four runs in the eighth inning to post a 5-3 victory over the White Sox on Saturday. The Rays won that game as +125 underdogs, while the eight runs fell UNDER the posted over/under (8.5). Akinori Iwamura and Carlos Pena drove in two runs apiece to lead the Rays. Grant Balfour got the win in relief, and Dan Wheeler closed out the ninth to earn his eighth save. Jermaine Dye belted two home runs for the White Sox, who were favored at -135. Javier Vazquez surrendered four runs off five hits over seven innings to suffer the loss. Current streak: Tampa Bay has won 2 straight games. Chicago has lost 2 straight games. Team records: Tampa Bay: 79-49 SU Chicago: 73-55 SU Tampa Bay most recently: When playing on Sunday are 8-2 Before playing Toronto are 5-5 After playing Chi White Sox are 7-3 After a win are 7-3 Chicago most recently: When playing on Sunday are 6-4 Before playing Baltimore are 6-4 After playing Tampa Bay are 2-8 After a loss are 7-3 A few trends to consider: Tampa Bay is 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing Chi White Sox The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Tampa Bay's last 8 games when playing Chi White Sox Tampa Bay is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road Tampa Bay is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Chi White Sox's last 8 games when playing Tampa Bay Chi White Sox are 6-2 SU in their last 8 games at home Chi White Sox are 8-3 SU in their last 11 games Chi White Sox are 13-6 SU in their last 19 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay Next up: Tampa Bay home to Toronto, Tuesday, August 26 Chi White Sox at Baltimore, Monday, August 25