The Chicago White Sox will play the Houston Astros in Game 4 of their series on Sunday afternoon at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas.
The Chicago White Sox are 1-2 this season after they lost by a score of 6-4 on Saturday. Chicago did win Game 1 of this series by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. The Chicago pitching staff has a 4.68 ERA, a 1.36 WHIP, and a .234 opponent batting average this year. The White Sox offense has scored 10 runs with a .286 batting average and a .333 on base percentage. Yoan Moncada has led the White Sox with a .357 batting average, one home run, and two RBI’s so far this year. The projected starting pitcher for Chicago is Mike Clevinger, who was 7-7 with a 4.33 ERA and a 1.20 WHIP last year.
The Houston Astros are 2-1 this season after their 6-4 victory on Saturday and they have won two games in a row. The Houston pitching staff has a 3.33 ERA, a 1.41 WHIP, and a .286 opponent batting average. The Astros offense has scored 14 runs with a .234 batting average and a .345 on base percentage this season. Yordan Alvarez is batting .455 with one home run and five RBI’s for the Astros this year. The projected starting pitcher for Houston is Luis Garcia, who was 15-8 with a 3.72 ERA and a 1.13 WHIP in 2022.
Chicago is 10-4 in their last 14 Sunday games and 5-2 in their last 7 games against the AL West. The over is 6-0 in Chicago’s last 6 game four’s of a series. Houston is 5-0 in their last 5 game four’s of a series and 35-16 in their last 51 Sunday games. The over is 5-1 in Houston’s last 6 Sunday games. Chicago is 11-24 in these two teams last 35 head to head meetings.
Houston has bounced back with two good wins over Chicago, after they dropped the season opener on Thursday. The Astros will turn to Luis Garcia in this game, who had a very solid year last season. Chicago will start Mike Clevinger, who had a 4.33 ERA last season. Houston has the starting pitching advantage once again in this matchup and I like them to win this game by at least two runs.