Minnesota Twins (17-14) vs. Chicago White Sox (10-21)
May 4, 2023 2:10 pm EDT
The Line: Chicago White Sox +120 / Minnesota Twins -152; Over/Under: +8
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The Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox meet Thursday in MLB action at Guaranteed Rate Field. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.
The Minnesota Twins have scored 14 runs in their last 3 games and 4 or more runs in 7 of their last 9 games. The Twins have won 6 of their last 10 games when scoring 4 or more runs. Byron Buxton leads the Twins with 27 hits and 18 RBI, while Jose Miranda and Trevor Larnach have combined for 49 hits and 31 RBI. Pablo Lopez gets the ball, and he is 2-2 with a 4.00 ERA and 46 strikeouts this season. This will be Lopez’s second career game against the White Sox.
The Chicago White Sox have scored 21 runs in their last 3 games and 3 or fewer runs in 6 of their last 9 games. The White Sox have lost 11 of their last 13 games when scoring 3 or fewer runs. Andrew Vaughn leads the White Sox with 29 hits and 20 RBI, while Andrew Benintendi and Luis Robert Jr. have combined for 54 hits and 22 RBI. Lucas Giolito gets the ball, and he is 1-2 with a 4.15 ERA and 34 strikeouts this season. Giolito is 8-9 with a 4.03 ERA and 117 strikeouts in his career against the Twins.
The Twins are 17-37 in their last 54 road games and 1-4 in their last 5 during game 3 of a series. The White Sox are 7-17 in their last 24 home games and 8-20 in their last 28 Thursday games. The under is 5-2-1 in Twins last 8 during game 3 of a series. The over is 11-4-1 in White Sox last 16 home games. The Twins are 2-6 in the last 8 meetings in Chicago.
The Chicago White Sox are coming off an impressive day yesterday, but they’ve had issues stringing wins together this season, and their struggling offense is hard to trust. The Minnesota Twins are more trustworthy offensively and Pablo Lopez on the mound is encouraging, a guy with all star caliber stuff. Give me the Twins for a bounce back victory.
