Boston Red Sox vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 6/6/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Boston Red Sox vs Chicago White Sox

Date: Thursday, June 6, 2024

Location: Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, IL

TV: NBC Sports Chicago

The Boston Red Sox (30-31) are traveling to Guaranteed Rate Field on Thursday where they will play the Chicago White Sox (15-46). The men taking the mound are Tanner Houck and Jake Woodford.

Boston owns a slugging percentage of .401 and have struck out 590 times, while drawing a walk on 186 occasions. They have accounted for 256 runs batted in and 502 base knocks for the season, and their batting average is at .242. The Red Sox have compiled 105 two-baggers as a team and have hit 64 balls out of the stadium. They have 264 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .311. As a unit, the Boston Red Sox are notching 4.3 runs per game, which has them at 14th in the league.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.37 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.17. Red Sox pitchers have conceded 54 home runs and 247 runs in total (10th in baseball). Boston has allowed 481 hits (7.9 per 9 innings) and also 207 earned runs. The Red Sox hold a team earned run average of 3.41 on the year (5th in the league), and the staff has rung up 526 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 156 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 3.50 as a unit on the season.

The Red Sox bullpen have earned a save percentage of 54.5% and stepped onto the hill in 48 save situations. The relievers have inherited 57 runners on the year with 33.3% of those runners crossed the plate. Red Sox pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 45 times in addition to having 69 appearances in high leverage situations. The Red Sox have dispatched 184 relievers to the hill so far this year. The relievers are sitting with 25 holds on the year (27th in MLB). They have accumulated 12 saves this season and have blown 10 out of their 22 chances to get a save.

The Red Sox have turned 69.7% of balls hit into play into outs in their 4,917 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 17th in pro baseball. The Boston Red Sox have accounted for 1,639 putouts this year, in addition to 546 assists and 43 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .981 which puts them in 29th in pro baseball, and they have turned 44 double plays.

Houck has pitched in 330 innings and has earned 338 K's during his MLB career. Houck (20-24 record in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 3.24 while he has faced 1,369 opposing batters in the majors. His earned run average is 3.38 (124 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.164. He has allowed 276 hits (7.5 hits per nine innings) and has 108 walks.

Chicago has hit 45 home runs for the year as well as 166 RBIs. They have hit 93 doubles, while getting a free base 153 times and putting up 178 runs. The Chicago White Sox have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .276 and a batting average of .215 for the year. The White Sox hold a team SLG% of .334 and they score 2.92 runs per contest (30th in MLB). They have been called out on strikes on 509 instances (15th in MLB) and have notched a total of 426 hits.

The White Sox have a WHIP of 1.423 and have a FIP of 4.65 as a squad for the season. They have a ranking of 23rd in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 512. The Chicago pitching staff have allowed 317 runs over the course of the season while having a team ERA of 4.90 (288 earned runs relinquished). They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.60 (507 strikeouts against 241 free passes). They have conceded 80 dingers and they give up 5.39 runs per 9 innings (29th in baseball).

Chicago has called on relievers to step onto the hill in 24 save chances and they have tallied 10 saves. They are ranked 30th in baseball holding a save rate of 41.7%, and they have sent 207 relief pitchers to the hill for the year. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 69 times in high leverage situations and on 74 occasions with runners on. Chicago bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 36.4% of 118 inherited base runners. With 54 save situations, the White Sox have accrued 30 holds and 14 blown saves.

The Chicago White Sox have gotten 35 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .984 (18th in MLB). The White Sox have accrued 488 assists, 34 errors and have a total of 1,587 putouts during this campaign. In their 4,761 innings played, the White Sox have earned a defensive efficiency of 69.4% (21st in the majors).

In his MLB career, Woodford has conceded 195 hits while tallying 123 punch outs in 189 innings pitched. He has allowed 91 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.376 and having a FIP of 4.9. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.89 and he has faced 808 batters thus far in his career. Woodford (10-8 win-loss mark in his career) is the owner of a 4.33 earned run average while conceding 9.3 hits per nine innings.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Boston

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