Last night's 22-1 final tells you what the Kansas City Royals' week looked like in Chicago. A 10-run third inning, five home runs, the second-highest run total in White Sox franchise history — a complete and thorough embarrassment. But the game that matters tonight is the one they're about to play, not the one they just endured, and there's a critical difference between the two. Last night was an opener game, with Mitch Spence absorbing 10 runs in less than two innings of mop-up work after the damage was already done. Tonight, Michael Wacha pitches, and the veteran right-hander has been solid all year at a 3.48 ERA, the kind of arm that keeps his team in ballgames start after start. He draws Davis Martin, who has been one of the better starters in the American League this season and has yet to lose a home start all year. The runline does not ask Wacha to beat him outright. It asks him to keep the game within reach — to pitch the way he's been capable of pitching — and a one-run Chicago win still cashes the ticket. Kansas City wins on the runline tonight.
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Who was the public on? 71% of the public money was on Chicago White Sox to win on the moneyline. And, 90% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Chicago would win by a score of 7.0 to 6.0 with Chicago winning on the moneyline, Kansas City winning on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 70% of the public money was on Chicago White Sox to win on the moneyline. And, 95% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Kansas City would win by a score of 5.9 to 4.8 with Kansas City winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 66% of the public money was on Chicago White Sox to win on the moneyline. And, 94% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Chicago would win by a score of 5.0 to 4.8 with Chicago winning on the moneyline, Kansas City winning on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 71% of the public money was on Chicago White Sox to win on the moneyline. And, 73% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Chicago would win by a score of 4.9 to 4.9 with Chicago winning on the moneyline, Kansas City winning on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 68% of the public money was on Chicago White Sox to win on the moneyline. And, 84% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Chicago would win by a score of 6.4 to 3.6 with Chicago winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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