Red Sox-White Sox Pointspread Pointers

The Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at U.S. Cellular Field. The Red Sox will give the ball to starter Clay Buchholz in this one. Righthander Buchholz is 2-7 this season with a 5.94 ERA. Buchholz's opponent in this one will be Gavin Floyd. The White Sox righthander has a 3.66 ERA to go along with a 11-6 record this season. NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the White Sox listed as 120-moneyline favorites versus the Red Sox, while the game's total has not yet been posted. Daisuke Matsuzaka went eight strong innings on Saturday night as the Red Sox surged to a 6-2 win over the White Sox. The Red Sox got the win as -146 road favorites in that contest, while the combined score fell UNDER the day's posted total (9). Jacoby Ellsbury homered in that win for Boston, while David Ortiz drove in three runs. Jim Thome hit his 23rd home run of the season for Chicago. Team records: Boston: 67-50 SU Chicago: 64-51 SU Boston most recently: When playing on Sunday are 5-5 Before playing Chi White Sox are 6-4 After playing Chi White Sox are 8-2 After a win are 5-5 Chicago most recently: When playing on Sunday are 5-5 Before playing Boston are 3-7 After playing Boston are 1-9 After a loss are 5-5 A few trends to consider: Boston is 8-1 SU in their last 9 games when playing Chi White Sox Boston is 5-1 SU in their last 6 games when playing on the road against Chi White Sox The total has gone OVER in 7 of Boston's last 9 games when playing Chi White Sox Boston is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games The total has gone OVER in 7 of Chi White Sox's last 9 games when playing Boston The total has gone OVER in 6 of Chi White Sox's last 8 games when playing at home against Boston Chi White Sox are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games at home The total has gone OVER in 16 of Chi White Sox's last 23 games Next up: Chi White Sox home to Boston, Monday, August 11