Chicago White Sox at Texas Rangers Betting Pick
A pair of American League teams will get together for the first game of a three-game series in Arlington on Tuesday.
The Chicago White Sox are at the Texas Rangers. The White Sox come into the game after a week of selling off some of their best pitchers.
Chicago is 43-64 on the season, fourth place in the American League Central. For Texas, they have dropped three in a row. The Rangers are 60-46 on the season but have won 34 of 54 at home.
The Rangers are listed at -162 in this game. The total is listed at nine runs.
Pitching Matchup for Tuesday
The Chicago White Sox are going to send 29-year-old Jesse Scholtens to the mound in this game. He is making his third start of the season. On the year, he has thrown 38 innings and allowed 38 hits. The last time he pitched was one inning on Saturday against Cleveland.
Andrew Heaney is projected to get the start for the Texas Rangers. Heaney is 32 years old and has been in the Major Leagues for several seasons now.
He is 7-6 with a 4.62 earned run average, with 103 strikeouts in 101.1 innings. Heaney’s last start was July 26th at Houston, where he went five innings and allowed four hits and three runs in the win.
First Place Texas Rangers
The Rangers’ offense has been slow as of late. Texas has dropped five out of their last six games, and during their last four losses, the Rangers have scored just a total of seven runs. Still, the Rangers head into the new week of games as the top offense in all of Major League Baseball.
The Rangers have 609 runs scored and are hitting .272 as a team. Nathaniel Lowe leads the way with a .287 average, while Adolis Garcia has blasted 25 home runs and 84 runs batted in.
Not only did the Texas Rangers pick up Max Scherzer from the New York Mets, but they also were able to get Jordan Montgomery and Chris Stratton from the St. Louis Cardinals. Montgomery spent the last season in St. Louis as one of their lefthanded starters.
New Look White Sox
The Chicago White Sox sent out Lucas Giolito, Reynaldo Lopez, Lance Lynn, Joe Kelly, and Kendall Graveman, all within about a 48-hour span. The selling is on for the Chicago White Sox. Chicago, though, did take two out of three from Cleveland over the weekend. In those games, the White Sox allowed just a total of seven runs.
Offensively, the White Sox are hitting .238 as a team. Andrew Benintendi is the top hitter on the team, with Luis Robert providing the power.
Benintendi is hitting .281, while Robert has 29 home runs and 60 runs batted in. The White Sox got a big home run from Andrew Vaughn in their win on Saturday, while Robert Jr and Jake Burger both went deep on Saturday.
Rangers Blast White Sox
The Texas Rangers are ready to get back on track and win games. The White Sox are going with an unknown and some bullpen guys. This could get ugly quickly. Take the safe and free money here and bet on the Texas Rangers. Bet the Texas Rangers -162 over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday.
