White Sox (Loaiza) @ Oakland (Lilly)
Well this should be a great pitchers matchup with two very solid starters for each side. We are going to play the dog here and I will give you a few good reasons.
The pale hose send out Estaban Loaiza for the start today and he has been as solid as they come with a 5-1 record and a very solid ERA of 2.27 and an even more impressive WHIP of 0.91. He is coming off of a very bad start againt the Mariners but I really like his chances of bouncing back here against the A's who he has some success against last year he made two starts against them in those 2 starts he pitched 16.1 innings giving up just 9 hits, one earned run while striking out 10 and walking only 1.
Ted Lilly will take the mound for the A's and he has looked good this year with a 2-1 record with 3 no decisions, he has an ERA of 3.29 and a WHIP of 1.23 in those starts. He has just one start against the Sox pitching 6 innings giving up 4 earned runs.
The White Sox offense has been average managing 4.9 runs a game against left handed starter with a team batting average of .272. Defensively they are giving up 4.2 runs a game while holding the opposition to a batting average of .236. The bullpen has looked a little better in their last three games with an ERA of 3.68 and a WHIP of 1.30, Loaiza has gone pretty deep into games this year and actually pitched a complete game in his last start in Oakland so I like his chances of going deep into this one.
The A's offense hasn't exactly been lighting them up manging to plate 4.8 runs a game when facing righties with a team batting average of .259. On defense they are playing solid allowing their opponents to score 2.6 runs a game and a team batting average of .189. The bullpen has been solid with an ERA of 3.65 and a WHIP of 1.149.
Home plate umpire Paul Emmel has a big strike zone and I think that gives us an advantage he has a strike out ratio of 60.46% with an average of 8.33 runs scored a game.
Bottom line is I believe we are getting the better pitcher with a home plate ump that favors the under, and neither offense is really lighting up the scoreboard so look for a low scoring game with the White Sox getting a narrow win.
Playing the Chicago White Sox +132
Well this should be a great pitchers matchup with two very solid starters for each side. We are going to play the dog here and I will give you a few good reasons.
The pale hose send out Estaban Loaiza for the start today and he has been as solid as they come with a 5-1 record and a very solid ERA of 2.27 and an even more impressive WHIP of 0.91. He is coming off of a very bad start againt the Mariners but I really like his chances of bouncing back here against the A's who he has some success against last year he made two starts against them in those 2 starts he pitched 16.1 innings giving up just 9 hits, one earned run while striking out 10 and walking only 1.
Ted Lilly will take the mound for the A's and he has looked good this year with a 2-1 record with 3 no decisions, he has an ERA of 3.29 and a WHIP of 1.23 in those starts. He has just one start against the Sox pitching 6 innings giving up 4 earned runs.
The White Sox offense has been average managing 4.9 runs a game against left handed starter with a team batting average of .272. Defensively they are giving up 4.2 runs a game while holding the opposition to a batting average of .236. The bullpen has looked a little better in their last three games with an ERA of 3.68 and a WHIP of 1.30, Loaiza has gone pretty deep into games this year and actually pitched a complete game in his last start in Oakland so I like his chances of going deep into this one.
The A's offense hasn't exactly been lighting them up manging to plate 4.8 runs a game when facing righties with a team batting average of .259. On defense they are playing solid allowing their opponents to score 2.6 runs a game and a team batting average of .189. The bullpen has been solid with an ERA of 3.65 and a WHIP of 1.149.
Home plate umpire Paul Emmel has a big strike zone and I think that gives us an advantage he has a strike out ratio of 60.46% with an average of 8.33 runs scored a game.
Bottom line is I believe we are getting the better pitcher with a home plate ump that favors the under, and neither offense is really lighting up the scoreboard so look for a low scoring game with the White Sox getting a narrow win.
Playing the Chicago White Sox +132
