The Chicago Cubs (33-25) and Chicago White Sox (34-24) continue their weekend series Saturday at Guaranteed Rate Field at 7:10 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze the Cubs-White Sox MLB betting odds and lines, with picks and best bets.
Friday: The Cubs cruised to a 10-0 victory, winning our STRONG PLAY, but losing our Under play. They snapped a three-game skid, while the White Sox dropped a sixth in a row.
Season series: Tied 2-2.
Playoff picture: Both Chicago teams have clinched berths. However, with two games remaining for each, both are hoping to win their respective divisions.
The Cubs’ magic number to win the NL Central is 1. The White Sox trail the first-place Minnesota Twins (35-23) by 1 game in the AL Central.
Cubs at White Sox: Projected starting pitchers
LHP Jon Lester vs. RHP Dane Dunning
Lester is 3-2 with a 4.40 ERA (57 1/3 IP, 28 ER) in 11 starts this season.
- Last start: Win, 6 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 1 K at Pittsburgh Pirates Monday – Cubs won 5-0
- 2020 vs. White Sox: 0-1, 19.64 ERA (3 2/3 IP, 8 ER) in 1 Wrigley Field start
- Career vs. Sox: 11-7, 4.48 ERA (124 2/3 IP, 62 ER) in 20 starts
- Cubs career vs. Sox: 5-2, 4.69 ERA (40 1/3 IP, 21 ER) in 7 starts
Dunning is 2-0 with a 3.19 ERA (31 IP, 11 ER) in 6 starts. The rookie, who debuted Aug. 19, has never faced the Cubs before.
- Last start: No-decision, 4 IP, 4 ER, 6 H, 1 BB, 5 K at Cleveland Indians Monday – White Sox lost 7-4
- Last 3 starts: 2-0, 2.65 ERA (17 IP, 5 ER)
- 2020 at home: 1-0, 2.20 ERA (16 1/3 IP, 4 ER) in 3 starts
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Cubs at White Sox: Key injuries
(Get the latest injury news here.)
Cubs
- IF David Bote (undisclosed) questionable
- 3B Kris Bryant (oblique) questionable
White Sox
- OF Leury Garcia (hand) out
- OF Eloy Jimenez (foot) probable
Cubs at White Sox: Odds, lines, picks and betting tips
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports for a full list. Odds last updated at 6:55 a.m. ET.
Prediction
Cubs 4, White Sox 3
Money line (ML)
I’d like to think the White Sox (-143) come out fired up after Friday’s beatdown, but the CUBS’ +130 price is too good a value to pass up. Lester has been a stud lately, allowing just 2 ER in his last 3 starts (17 IP). He’s also 3-0 with a 1.89 ERA (33 1/3 IP, 7 ER) in 6 road starts this season.
But it’s just a suggested small play – half your usual wager – since the White Sox are 5-1 in Dunning’s 6 starts. Plus, they blasted Lester for 8 ERs, including 4 HRs, in a 10-1 rout at Wrigley Aug. 21.
New to sports betting? Every winning $1 bet on the Cubs ML will profit $1.30. Every $1.43 bet on the White Sox profits $1 if they prevail.
Run line/Against the spread (ATS)
AVOID. The White Sox (-1.5, +135) own the best RL record in baseball at 36-22, but they’re 4-6 vs. the RL in their last 10. The Cubs (+1.5, -162) are 3-7 vs. the RL in their last 10.
Over/Under (O/U)
The UNDER 9 (-110) is the play. The Sox have scored just 27 runs in their past 10 games, an average of 2.7 RPG. Before the Cubs put up Friday’s 10 spot, they scored just 2.1 RPG in their last nine outings.
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| 2020 overall record (all sports) | 103-62-2 |
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