Indians-White Sox Odds Preview

If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Tuesday when the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox meet at U.S. Cellular Field. Lefthander Jeremy Sowers will take the mound for the Indians to start this game. Sowers is 1-6 this season with a 6.28 ERA. It'll be ace Mark Buehrle toeing the rubber for the White Sox in this contest. Lefthander Buehrle is 8-2 with a 3.09 ERA so far this season. Oddsmakers currently have the White Sox listed as 160-moneyline favorites versus the Indians, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Indians lost to Oakland 5-2 as a -190 favorite on Sunday. The seven runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9). Jhonny Peralta hit a solo homer for Cleveland and Cliff Lee surrendered three runs on eight hit in six innings. The White Sox lost to Kansas City 6-3 as a -110 favorite on Sunday. The nine runs scored caused this game to be a PUSH on the posted over/under total (9). Jermaine Dye hit a solo homer for Chicago and Clayton Richard was tagged for four runs on eight hits in 3 2-3 innings. Current streak: Chicago has lost 2 straight games. Team records: Cleveland: 33-50 SU Chicago: 42-40 SU Cleveland most recently: When playing on Tuesday are 5-5 Before playing Chi White Sox are 3-7 After playing Oakland are 5-5 After a loss are 3-7 Chicago most recently: When playing on Tuesday are 5-5 Before playing Cleveland are 5-5 After playing Kansas City are 5-5 After a loss are 6-4 A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Cleveland's last 8 games The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cleveland's last 7 games when playing Chi White Sox Cleveland is 4-2 SU in their last 6 games when playing on the road against Chi White Sox Cleveland is 4-9 SU in their last 13 games when playing on the road against Chi White Sox Chi White Sox are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing Cleveland Chi White Sox are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games at home Chi White Sox are 7-2 SU in their last 9 games The total has gone UNDER in 16 of Chi White Sox's last 21 games at home Next up: Chi White Sox home to Cleveland, Wednesday, July 8