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2022 MLB Handicapping
(12-13) Chicago White Sox vs. Boston Red Sox (10-16)
Date: Saturday, May 7, 2022
Time: 4:10 PM ET
Venue: Fenway Park, Boston, MA
Projected Pitchers: Pivetta (BOS)
MLB Moneyline Odds: TBD
MLB run line Betting Odds: TBD
MLB Baseball Gambling Total: TBD
Chicago White Sox
Chicago took game one of its series in Boston, 4–2, on Friday.
Vince Velazquez got the win with five good innings of work. Chicago’s strong back end of the bullpen did its job in the close game. Liam Hendriks struck out the side to earn the save.
Luis Robert hit a two-run homer in a three-run third inning. The White Sox ambushed Nate Eovaldi early on a night when he did not have his best stuff. The Red Sox starter still managed to get through five.
Dallas Keuchel followed Velazquez the last time. The 2015 Cy Young winner has been nothing, if not an innings eater for the Sox since arriving in 2020.
His last year’s ERA (5.28) was a career high. So far this year, it’s even higher.
He’s walking more batters than he’s striking out and he’s giving up close to two hits and inning than one.
The lefty got through five against the Angels in his last start but he still lost for the third time in a row.
Boston Red Sox
Boston’s offense has been about as bad as Keuchel, though.
The Red Sox had just six hits on Friday night, including a triple by Jarren Duran, the outfield called up after 112 plate appearances in the big leagues a year ago.
He scored Boston’s second run. Jackie Bradley Jr. drove in the first with a double off the Green Monster.
Bradley went quietly from there but he has shown signs of life after a dreadfully slow start. Historically, when he shows some consistent opposite field power, a hot streak often follows.
Nick Pivetta, after a tremendous 2021 in which he overachieved in every way, has crashed back down to Earth this season.
He’s 0–4 in five starts and hasn’t made it through the fifth inning since Boston’s opening series of the season against New York.
The Orioles got him in the fifth inning in his last time out but there was one positive sign: Pivetta didn’t walk a batter for the first time this season.
A year ago, strong command of the strike zone was a consistency for Pivetta. This season, he’s walking two more batters every nine innings on average, even with last weekend’s zero.
MLB Baseball Betting Trends:
- White Sox are 5-1 in their last 6 overall.
- Under is 8-3 in White Sox last 11 vs. American League East.
- Head to Head: Under is 10-4 in the last 14 meetings in Boston.
Chicago White Sox vs. Boston Red Sox MLB Prediction:
Alex Cora had to use four of his relief pitchers to get through Friday’s loss.
He may be forced to give Pivetta some extra leash in this one, even if Chicago is hitting him early.
There isn’t a posted total but it better be high enough because this one could very well get into the double-digits.
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