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GAME:  #835 Indians @ #836 White Sox
DATE:    8/7/2020 – 8:10p EST
ODDS:   Indians -115 / White Sox +105
O/U:  8.5

The Chicago White Sox (7-6) host the Cleveland Indians (8-6) at Guaranteed Rate Field on the South Side of Chicago on Friday night. The right-hander Dylan Cease takes the mound for the White Sox and righty Aaron Civale gets the start for the Indians. This will be the first meeting for this American League Central division rivalry.  The White Sox lost their last 2 home games to the Brewers while the Indians beat the Reds in their previous 3 games. 

WEATHER (baseball-weather.com)

CLEVELAND INDIANS

The Indians have Aaron Civale starting Friday’s first game of the series. Civale is 1-1 and has a 3.75 ERA in 2 appearances. Civale tends to get a lot of strikeouts and already has 18 K’s in 12 innings this season. The Indians starting pitching has been lights out this season. Some of the Indians have faced Dylan Cease in a total of 22 at-bats with 9 hits, 3 home runs, and a .409 batting average. Francisco Lindor leads the way with 2 home runs and a .400 batting average against Cease. 

CHICAGO WHITE SOX

The White Sox have righty Dylan Cease getting the start against the Indians. Cease is 1-1 and has a 6.48 ERA in 2 appearances this season. The White Sox as a team have a career .282 batting average against Aaron Civale but have only faced him 39 times. 

BATTER VS PITCHER  (dailybaseballdata.com)

STARTING LINEUPS (baseballpress.com)

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INJURY REPORT (covers.com)

TRENDS (covers.com)

INDIANS

• Under is 5-0 in Civales last 5 starts after allowing 2 runs or less in their previous game.
• Under is 7-0 in Civales last 7 starts after scoring 5 runs or more in their previous game.
• Under is 4-0 in Indians last 4 during game 1 of a series.
• Under is 5-0 in Civales last 5 starts vs. American League Central.
• Under is 4-0 in Indians last 4 vs. a team with a winning record.

WHITE SOX

• Under is 3-0-1 in White Sox last 4 games as an underdog.
• White Sox are 0-5 in Cease’s last 5 starts when their opponent allows 2 runs or less in their previous game.
• White Sox are 4-0 in their last 4 vs. American League Central.

HEAD TO HEAD

• Under is 4-0 in the last 4 meetings.
• Indians are 2-5 in the last 7 meetings in Chicago.

INDIANS vs WHITE SOX PREDICTION

Cleveland has won 3 in a row while the White Sox have lost 2 games straight as well as some players to injury( Anderson, Encarnacion, Madrigal, and Mazara). Adding insult to injury, Yelich’s inside the park home run while putting Eloy Jiminez into the stands yesterday has been all over the media making the White Sox look bad. The White Sox offense is slumping as well as their confidence. The Bookie is rolling with the hot Indians in this game. The public has also been on the Indians and the Sharps are hitting Cleveland as well. 

The Bookie:          Indians -115
Fade the Public: White Sox +105
Sharp Action:     Indians -115

1.15 Units to win 1 Unit on:  (#835) Indians -115 Listed Pitchers