<p>After taking the opener of this four-game series Thursday night, the White Sox look to grab Game 2 against the Yankees Friday night on the South Side. How are we playing this game with our free MLB pick?
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<h2>MLB Betting Odds </h2>
<p>Friday's MLB betting odds opened this game at about a pick 'em, with an over/under of nine runs. Early betting action then pushed Chicago into a -115 favorite.
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<h2>Yankees vs. White Sox Set-Up </h2>
<p>Chicago nabbed the opener of this series Thursday night 5-4, cashing in as a +160 home dog on the MLB betting odds. The White Sox actually spotted the Yankees an early 4-0 lead, then scored four runs in the fifth inning and one in the seventh, and hung on from there.
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<p>Also, Thursday's game stayed under a total of 9.5 runs.
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<p>With Thursday's victory, Chicago is 4-1 over its last five games. At 33-34 overall the White Sox trail division-leading Minnesota by 12 games in the AL Central but they're also only 2.5 games back of Texas in the battle for the second American League wild-card spot.
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<p>With Thursday's loss, New York is just 3-7 over its last 10 games. At 41-26 overall the Yankees now lead the AL East by a half-game over second-place Tampa Bay.
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<p>This series is the second meeting between these teams this season. Back in April, the White Sox took two of three games from the Yankees in the Bronx.
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<h2>Friday's Starting Arms</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/79695&quot; title="Lucas Giolito Pitching Logs">Giolito</a>, who is making a bid to start the All-Star game for the American League, is 7/12 on quality starts this season, working on a string of four in a row. And he's three outs away from a string of seven QS in a row. Last Saturday he tossed 7 2/3 innings of three-hit, scoreless ball, with 11 strikeouts, in a 2-0 Chicago win over Kansas City. And over his last seven starts, he's allowed just five runs and 25 hits through 51 1/3 innings, with 59 strikeouts!
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<p>The White Sox are 10-2 with Giolito this season, 8-0 over his last eight starts.
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<p>However, in two career starts against New York, one last year and one back in April of this season, Giolito got lit up for 13 runs – 11 earned – and 12 hits, including three ding-dongs, through 10 innings. Chicago managed a split of those two games.
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<p>Lefty <a href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/38535">Sabathia</a&gt;, by our strict standards, is only 1/10 on quality starts this season and 0 for his last three. Last Saturday he gave up four runs and seven hits through five innings of an 8-4 Yankees loss to Cleveland, and over his previous three starts, he's allowed 11 ER and 20 hits, including five dingers, through 16 innings.
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<p>New York is 6-4 with Sabby this season, but 0-2 over his last two starts.
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<p>Over his last three starts against the White Sox, two last year and one in April of this season, Sabathia allowed just four runs and 10 hits through 16 2/3 innings, with 21 whiffs. The Yanks won two of those three games.
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<h2>Friday's Batting Splits </h2>
<p>New York is batting .263/.341/.470 against right-handed pitching this season.</p>
<p>Chicago is batting .256/.321/.391 against left-handed pitching this season. </p>
<h2>The Bullpens</h2>
<p>The Yankees bullpen owns a 3.88 ERA this season and a 1.26 WHIP, which helps this unit rank among the top quarter of pens in Baseball.
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<p>The White Sox bullpen owns a 4.23 ERA and a 1.37 WHIP. </p>
<h2>Totals Report </h2>
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<li>Overs are 35-29 in Yankees games this season.</li>
<li>Unders are 35-31 in White Sox games this season.</li>
<li>Unders are 17-16 in games played at the place they now call Guaranteed Rate Field this season.</li>
<li>Unders are 3-1 in Yankees-White Sox games this season.</li>
<li>Overs are 6-4 with Sabathia.</li>
<li>Unders are 8-4 with Giolito.</li>
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