The Chicago White Sox travel to Coors Field to open a series against the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night.
Chicago has had a disappointing eason but the White Sox have been playing well as of late, going 7-3 in their last 10 games played with wins in their last two games heading to this series. They are 48-48 on the season and in 3rd place in the AL Central, just four games behind the Minnesota Twins.
Meanwhile, the Rockies have been struggling as of late and are falling out of the wild card race. Colorado is 44-53 on the season and they are 4th in the NL West division team standings, 21 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Rockies are 6-4 in their last 10 games played and are seven games off the wild card pace in the National League.
This marks the first of four games between these two teams this season.
The White Sox are climbing the standings and they are also moving up in the offensive stat sheets. They are 18th with an OPS of .697 and are scoring 4.41 runs per game this season. Tim Anderson is 9-29 with one home run, 3 RBIs, and 10 runs scored in his last seven games played. Anderson leads the White Sox in batting average at .310 while Luis Robert leads the team with 12 home runs and 54 RBIs.
Michael Kopech will open on top of the mound for the White Sox. The right-hander is 3-6 with an ERA of 3.36 and a WHIP of 1.18 this season. In a total of 83.0 innings pitched, he has struck out 74 while walking 42 and allowing 10 home runs. Kopech has allowed only four total earned runs in 10.1 innings pitched in his last two starts, both win by the White Sox.
The Rockies are one of the better offensive teams in baseball this season as they rank 7th in OPS at .735 while scoring 4.6 runs per game. First baseman CJ Cron has been playing well with an OPS of .892 while posting 22 home runs and 70 RBIs to lead the team. Cron has an 11:34 walk-to-strikeout ratio with a slashline of .306/.376/.586 in his last 30 games.
Meanwhile, Jose Iglesias leads the team in batting average at .300 while also owning an OBP of .339 and an SLG of .397.
German Marquez will start for the Rockies in Game 1. The right-handed starter is 6-7 this season with an ERA of 5.47 and a WHIP of 1.44. Marquez has pitched in a total of 103.2 innings this season and has allowed 18 home runs while striking out 85 and giving up 37 walks. The Rockies are 7-2 in his last nine starts. Marquez allowed four earned runs in 13.2 innings pitched in his last two starts. He picked up the “w” in both games.
The White Sox are 2-4 In their last six games played against the Rockies. Chicago is also 2-4 SU in their last six road games played in Colorado.
The White Sox are:
The Rockies are:
These are two teams that are trending in opposite directions.
The White Sox continue their comeback in the American League Central division team standings where they are just four games behind the Minnesota Twins and one-half game behind the Cleveland Guardians. Meanwhile, the Rockies continue their free fall in the National League West division and they are now 21.5 games behind the L.A. Dodgers.
Michael Kopech is 2-3 on the road with an ERA of 3.52 in eight starts this season. Meanwhile, German Marquez is also 2-3 with an ERA of 6.63 in 10 home starts this season.
Chicago has the clear advantage as far as starting pitcher is concerned. So although Coors Field can be a tricky place to throw for a pitcher, I’m siding with Kopech here based on his last two outings. Give me the White Sox to win this game.
Prediction: Chicago White Sox
The total has gone under in six out of the last 10 meetings between these two teams. The under is also 4-3 in the last seven games between these two teams at Coors Field. The under is alo 2-1-1 in their last four meetings at Coors Field with the White Sox as betting favorites.
Chicago White Sox over/under trends:
Colorado Rockies over/under trends:
These teams have combined to score an average of 10.4 runs per game in their last 10 head-to-head meetings and 11.67 runs per game in their most recent three encounters. Chicago has scored six or more runs five times in their last 10 games played. Meanwhile, the Rockies have seen the total hit at least 11 runs in six out of their last nine games played overall, including four out of their last five.
In their last 12 games played, the White Sox are scoring an average of 5.25 runs per game while the Rockies are putting up 5.91 runs per game in their last 11 games played. Neither bullpen has looked impressive this season with Chicago ranking 18th overall with an ERA of 4.05 and Colorado at 29th with a 4.69 ERA.
We all know that Coors Field is a hitter-friendly ballpark and these two teams have seen their offenses score well in the last 15 days. Give me these two team to hit the over on Tuesday night.
Prediction: Over 10.5
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