Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Tigers-White Sox Who Will Cover?

The division rival Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox are set to renew hostilities on Tuesday when they meet at U.S. Cellular Field.
Lefthander Nate Robertson will take the mound for the Tigers to start this game. Robertson is 6-8 this season with a 6.06 ERA.
Robertson's opponent in this one will be Gavin Floyd. The White Sox righthander has a 3.43 ERA to go along with a 11-6 record this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the White Sox listed as 145-moneyline favorites versus the Tigers, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
The Tigers lost to Tampa Bay 6-5 as a +145 underdog on Sunday. The 11 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (8.5).
Gary Sheffield, Curtis Granderson and Miguel Cabrera all hit a solo home run for the Tigers in the loss.
The White Sox lost to Kansas City 14-3 as a -125 favorite on Sunday. The 17 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (9.5).
A.J. Pierzynski hit a solo home run for the White Sox and Clayton Richard was roughed up for six earned runs on 11 hits in four 1-3 innings.
Current streak:
Detroit has lost 4 straight games.
Chicago has lost 2 straight games.
Team records:
Detroit: 55-56 SU
Chicago: 61-49 SU
Detroit most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 4-6
Before playing Chi White Sox are 4-6
After playing Tampa Bay are 3-7
After a loss are 4-6

Chicago most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 7-3
Before playing Detroit are 6-4
After playing Kansas City are 3-7
After a loss are 5-5
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit's last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit's last 7 games when playing on the road against Chi White Sox
Detroit is 4-2 SU in their last 6 games when playing Chi White Sox
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chi White Sox's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chi White Sox's last 6 games at home
Chi White Sox are 14-5 SU in their last 19 games at home
Chi White Sox are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games when playing at home against Detroit
Next up:
Chi White Sox home to Detroit, Wednesday, August 6

 

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