Red Sox-White Sox Who Will Cover?

The Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at U.S. Cellular Field. Lefthander Jon Lester will take the mound for the Red Sox to start this game. Lester is 10-3 this season with a 3.14 ERA. Starting this game for the White Sox will be ace Mark Buehrle. The lefthander has a 4.06 ERA to go along with a 8-10 record this season. NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the White Sox listed as 108-moneyline favorites versus the Red Sox, while the game's total has not yet been posted. Jacoby Ellsbury drove in three runs in helping lead the Red Sox to an 8-2 win over the Royals as -150 favorites on Wednesday. The combined 10 runs made it OVER the posted over/under (9.5). J.D. Drew and Jed Lowrie each had two RBIs for the Red Sox. Tim Wakefield surrendered two runs over six innings to earn his seventh win. The White Sox failed to complete a three-game sweep of the Tigers, as they dropped Thursday's finale 8-3. Oddsmakers had the White Sox as -135 favorites in that game, while the 11 runs made it OVER the posted over/under (10). Juan Uribe had two hits and one RBI in a losing effort for the White Sox. Javier Vazquez gave up five runs over seven innings, while striking out eight batters in the loss. Current streak: Boston has won 2 straight games. Team records: Boston: 66-49 SU Chicago: 63-50 SU Boston most recently: When playing on Friday are 8-2 Before playing Chi White Sox are 7-3 After playing Kansas City are 5-5 After a win are 6-4 Chicago most recently: When playing on Friday are 7-3 Before playing Boston are 2-8 After playing Detroit are 4-6 After a loss are 5-5 A few trends to consider: The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston's last 5 games when playing Chi White Sox Boston is 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing Chi White Sox The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston's last 5 games when playing on the road against Chi White Sox Boston is 6-1 SU in their last 7 games when playing on the road against Chi White Sox The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chi White Sox's last 5 games when playing Boston The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chi White Sox's last 5 games when playing at home against Boston Chi White Sox are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games at home Chi White Sox are 1-6 SU in their last 7 games when playing at home against Boston Next up: Chi White Sox home to Boston, Saturday, August 9