Boston has dominated this season series, 5-0 with a 33-4 run differential, and the Red Sox arrive red-hot, 25 wins in their last 28 games. That head-to-head history is real, and it matters, but tonight's arm changes the equation. Luis Castillo makes his White Sox debut after the deadline trade from Seattle, and his 5.06 ERA overstates the problem: he allowed four runs or fewer in 13 of 17 starts and simply didn't get run support, running a 3.88 ERA over his last ten outings that's the better predictor here. Ranger Suarez is a real problem too, a 3.15 ERA lefty pitching well, but Chicago is still the AL Central's first-place team, and a fresh start with a new club is worth something Castillo's Seattle numbers don't capture. We were on Chicago's plus price four nights ago against Tampa Bay, and it wasn't close, a 9-1 win. At +178, this side only has to win a little more than a third of the time to turn a profit. Take Chicago on the moneyline tonight.
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Who was the public on? 62% of the public money was on Boston Red Sox to win on the moneyline. And, 56% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Boston would win by a score of 6.3 to 3.0 with Boston winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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Chicago at Boston
7:10 PM Eastern
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 62% of the public money was on Boston Red Sox to win on the moneyline. And, 51% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Boston would win by a score of 5.1 to 4.5 with Boston winning on the moneyline, Chicago winning on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 60% of the public money was on Boston Red Sox to win on the moneyline. And, 55% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Boston would win by a score of 4.6 to 4.0 with Boston winning on the moneyline, Chicago winning on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 58% of the public money was on Boston Red Sox to win on the moneyline. And, 83% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Boston would win by a score of 5.3 to 4.1 with Boston winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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Boston at Chicago
2:10 PM Eastern
Chicago has dropped the first two games of this series by a combined score of 13-1, but look closer at who authored that damage: two Boston starters the White Sox had never faced, one tossing six shutout innings and the other blanking them for eight. That trend does not carry over today. Patrick Sandoval takes the ball for Boston in his first major league start since June 21, 2024, twenty-five months removed from Tommy John surgery, and he arrives on a workload limit after topping out at 68 pitches in his last rehab outing. Anthony Kay counters at 6-3 with a 4.39 ERA, and he has allowed two earned runs or fewer in five of his last six turns after opening the year in a hole. Home teams that dropped the first two games of a series have been a trend I lean on in game three, and Chicago, still in first place in the AL Central despite the funk, fits that mold this afternoon. My model likes the better arm and the sharper recent form, and we are on Chicago to snap the skid. Take the White Sox this afternoon.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 51% of the public money was on Chicago White Sox to win on the moneyline. And, 88% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Boston would win by a score of 4.4 to 4.0 with Boston winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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