Courtesy of OddsShark.com: A winning streak will be on the line for the Boston Red Sox on Friday when they battle the Chicago White Sox at John Danks will be the starting pitcher for the White Sox on this day. Lefthander Danks is 12-9 this season with a 3.65 ERA. The Red Sox will counter Danks with Clay Buchholz. Righthander Buchholz has a 2.21 ERA to go along with a 15-5 record this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 155-moneyline favorites versus the White Sox, while the game's total has not yet been posted. Paul Konerko hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning to lift the White Sox to a 6-4 win over the Indians, and a sweep of the three-game series on Wednesday. The White Sox won that game as -130 favorites, and the 10 runs made it OVER the posted over/under (9.5) set by sportsbooks. Tony Pena went three innings of relief to earn the win for the White Sox, while Chris Sale collected his first save with a scoreless ninth. David Ortiz drove in a pair of runs as the Red Sox defeated the Orioles 6-4 on Thursday. The Red Sox won the game as -135 favorites, and the 10 runs made it OVER the posted over/under (9) set by sportsbooks. Adrian Beltre went deep for the Red Sox, and Daisuke Matsuzaka took the win with his 5 2-3 innings of work. Jonathan Papelbon surrendered two hits in closing out the ninth for the save. Current streak: Team records: Boston: 76-58 SU Chicago most recently: When playing on Friday are 6-4 Before playing Boston are 3-7 After playing Cleveland are 5-5 After a win are 3-7 Boston most recently: When playing on Friday are 7-3 Before playing Chi White Sox are 7-3 After playing Baltimore are 6-4 After a win are 5-5 A few trends to consider: Chi White Sox are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games on the road Chi White Sox are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing Boston The total has gone OVER in 7 of Chi White Sox's last 9 games on the road Chi White Sox are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home Boston is 8-2 SU in their last 10 games when playing at home against Chi White Sox The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston's last 7 games when playing Chi White Sox Boston is 15-7 SU in their last 22 games when playing Chi White Sox Next up: Betting systems and a fantastic sports store show that the OffshoreInsiders.com Network is more than just free sports picks |