White Sox vs. Red Sox Baseball Picks

The fans at Fenway Park will be treated to a game between the Chicago White Sox and the Boston Red Sox when they take their seats on Monday. The White Sox will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Jose Contreras in this game. Contreras has a 5-11 record and a 5.14 ERA this season. Starting this game for the Red Sox will be Clay Buchholz. The righthander has a 3.99 ERA to go along with a 2-3 record this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 190-moneyline favorites versus the White Sox, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The White Sox lost to Baltimore 5-4 as a -230 favorite on Sunday. The nine runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9). Scott Podsednik had an RBI and scored two runs for Chicago and Mark Buehrle was tagged for five runs on 11 hits in 5 1-3 innings. The Red Sox lost to the Yankees 8-4 as a -125 favorite on Sunday. The 12 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (8.5). Rocco Baldelli drove in a pair of runs for Boston, while Josh Beckett was pounded for eight runs on nine hits in eight innings. Team records: Chicago: 63-61 SU Boston: 70-53 SU Chicago most recently: When playing on Monday are 4-6 Before playing Boston are 2-8 After playing Baltimore are 4-6 After a loss are 8-2 Boston most recently: When playing on Monday are 8-2 Before playing Chi White Sox are 7-3 After playing NY Yankees are 5-5 After a loss are 4-6 A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi White Sox's last 5 games The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Chi White Sox's last 13 games on the road The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi White Sox's last 7 games when playing Boston The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Chi White Sox's last 12 games when playing on the road against Boston The total has gone OVER in 10 of Boston's last 11 games at home The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston's last 6 games Boston is 5-1 SU in their last 6 games when playing at home against Chi White Sox Boston is 11-3 SU in their last 14 games when playing Chi White Sox Next up: Boston home to Chi White Sox, Tuesday, August 25