White Sox vs Guardians Game Breakdown & Projections – Tue, Apr 9th 2024

Alright, sports junkies, it’s time to buckle up for a clash of titans! The struggling Chicago White Sox, with a record that’s more pitiful than my grandma’s bingo game (1W-9L), are about to face off against the Cleveland Guardians, who are tearing up the turf with an impressive 8W-2L record. This hotly anticipated showdown is set to go down at Progressive Field, with the first pitch scheduled to fly at 06:10PM EST. The White Sox, trailing a whopping 7 games in the American League, are desperate for a win, while the Guardians are sitting pretty at the top of the conference. The over/under is pegged at 8.0, and the betting lines are as skewed as my cousin Vinny’s pool table, with the White Sox at 171, and the Guardians at -211. The Guardians are still buzzing from their 4-0 shutout against the Sox just yesterday, while the White Sox are licking their wounds, hoping to turn their luck around. And let’s not forget the weather – a sunny 63° with a 63% humidity and winds blowing SSE at 12.5 mph. So, will the Guardians guard their winning streak, or will the White Sox finally clean up their act? Tune in to find out!

Game Breakdown

Game Time: April 09, 2024 06:10PM EST

Location: Progressive Field, Cleveland

Weather: Sunny with winds from the SSE at 12.5 mph. Temperature is at 63.0° with 63% humidity.

Vegas Odds

	CWS ML	CLE ML	Over/Under	Line
Open	+171	-211	8.0	1.5/-1.5
Recent	+180	-220	8.5	1.5/-1.5
Difference	+9	-9	+0.5	–

Team Performance

LAST 10

1W-9L

AWAY

113W-130L

35.7% Win Probability

LAST 10

8W-2L

HOME

127W-111L

64.3% Win Probability

Previous Matchups

Date		Runs	O/U	O/U DIFF
04/08/24	Chicago White Sox CWS	0	Under	-4.0
04/08/24	Cleveland Guardians CLE	4	Under	-4.0
05/16/23	Cleveland Guardians CLE	3	Over	+3.0
05/16/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	8	Over	+3.0
05/17/23	Cleveland Guardians CLE	2	Over	+1.0
05/17/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	7	Over	+1.0
05/18/23	Cleveland Guardians CLE	3	Under	-4.0
05/18/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	1	Under	-4.0
05/22/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	0	Under	-5.0
05/22/23	Cleveland Guardians CLE	3	Under	-5.0
05/23/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	4	Under	-2.0
05/23/23	Cleveland Guardians CLE	2	Under	-2.0
05/24/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	6	Under	-2.0
05/24/23	Cleveland Guardians CLE	0	Under	-2.0
07/27/23	Cleveland Guardians CLE	6	Over	+1.0
07/27/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	3	Over	+1.0
07/28/23	Cleveland Guardians CLE	0	Under	-5.0
07/28/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	3	Under	-5.0
07/29/23	Cleveland Guardians CLE	2	Over	+1.0
07/29/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	7	Over	+1.0
07/30/23	Cleveland Guardians CLE	5	Under	-3.0
07/30/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	0	Under	-3.0
08/04/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	2	Under	-2.0
08/04/23	Cleveland Guardians CLE	4	Under	-2.0
08/05/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	7	Over	+3.0
08/05/23	Cleveland Guardians CLE	4	Over	+3.0
08/06/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	5	Push	-0.0
08/06/23	Cleveland Guardians CLE	3	Push	-0.0

White Sox Vs Over/Under

Guardians Vs Over/Under

Tanner Banks

ERA 4.426 | IP 61.0 | 1.0W-4.0L | KO 51.0

Date	Matchup	Result	IP	Hits	Runs	KO	Over
04-04-24	@KC	1-10L	6.0	6	2	2	Over
03-30-24	vsDET	7-6L	5.0	7	4	0	Over
09-05-23	@STL	10-6L	3.0	4	5	6	Over
07-21-23	@MIL	6-4L	6.0	6	4	4	Over
07-16-23	@CWS	8-1W	3.0	3	2	3	Over
07-05-23	@CLE	8-1L	4.7	5	0	4	Over
06-30-23	@MIA	4-16W	6.0	5	3	7	Over
06-04-23	@ARI	8-5L	3.7	7	5	2	Over
05-29-23	@OAK	2-7W	6.0	5	4	3	Over
04-08-24	@CLE	0-4L	2.3	2	1	5	Under
04-06-24	@KC	0-3L	1.0	1	0	2	Under
03-31-24	vsDET	3-2L	1.0	0	0	1	Under
09-30-23	vsSD	6-1L	2.3	2	0	3	Under
09-28-23	vsARI	1-3W	1.0	0	0	1	Under
09-27-23	vsARI	3-0L	1.0	1	0	0	Under
09-20-23	@WAS	3-13L	0.3	3	3	0	Over
09-16-23	vsMIN	6-7W	0.7	0	0	1	Over
09-15-23	vsMIN	10-2L	2.0	1	0	2	Over
09-12-23	vsKC	11-10L	2.0	0	0	2	Over

Triston McKenzie

ERA 5.063 | IP 16.0 | 0.0W-3.0L | KO 16.0

Date	Matchup	Result	IP	Hits	Runs	KO	Over
04-03-24	@SEA	8-0W	6.7	4	0	6	Under
03-29-24	@OAK	6-4W	5.0	6	3	3	Over
09-19-23	@KC	6-7L	3.0	8	4	1	Over
09-13-23	@SF	5-6L	5.0	5	1	5	Over
09-08-23	@LAA	6-3W	5.0	3	1	6	Over
09-02-23	vsTB	6-7W	5.0	7	4	5	Over
08-26-23	@TOR	3-8L	4.0	6	5	2	Over
08-20-23	vsDET	4-1L	6.0	4	2	5	Under
08-15-23	@CIN	3-0W	6.0	4	0	7	Under
08-09-23	vsTOR	1-0L	5.0	4	1	3	Under
04-08-24	vsCWS	0-4W	5.7	3	0	2	Under
04-01-24	@SEA	4-5L	3.3	4	5	2	Over
09-30-23	@DET	0-8L	4.3	3	1	1	Under
09-24-23	vsBAL	5-1L	1.7	1	3	0	Under
06-10-23	vsHOU	6-4L	5.0	7	5	5	Over
06-04-23	@MIN	2-1W	5.0	1	0	10	Under
10-03-22	@KC	2-1W	5.0	4	1	4	Under
09-28-22	@TB	2-1W	6.0	3	1	6	Under
09-21-22	@CWS	2-1W	8.0	6	2	13	Under
09-16-22	@MIN	2-1W	7.0	7	3	8	Under

White Sox Recent Games

Date	vsOpp	Result	Hits	HR	O/U
04/10	vs CLE	0-4L	4	0	Under
04/09	vs KC	3-5L	12	0	Under
04/08	vs KC	0-3L	3	0	Under
04/07	vs KC	1-2L	4	1	Under
04/06	vs KC	1-10L	8	0	Over
04/04	@ ATL	3-2W	7	1	Under
04/03	@ ATL	0-9L	3	0	Over
04/02	@ DET	2-3L	5	2	Under
04/01	@ DET	6-7L	10	3	Over
03/30	@ DET	0-1L	3	0	Under
10/03	@ SD	1-2L	7	0	Under
10/02	@ SD	1-6L	6	1	Under
10/01	@ SD	2-3L	8	2	Under
09/30	@ ARI	3-1W	3	2	Under
09/29	@ ARI	0-3L	8	0	Under

Guardians Recent Games

Date	vsOpp	Result	Hits	HR	O/U
04/10	@ CWS	4-0W	10	1	Under
04/08	vs MIN	3-1W	7	1	Under
04/06	vs MIN	4-2W	7	0	Under
04/05	vs SEA	8-0W	11	0	Under
04/04	vs SEA	5-2W	12	1	Under
04/03	vs SEA	4-5L	6	2	Over
04/02	vs OAK	3-4L	7	0	Under
04/01	vs OAK	12-3W	15	1	Over
03/31	vs OAK	6-4W	9	1	Over
03/30	vs OAK	8-0W	11	0	Under
10/03	vs DET	2-5L	5	1	Under
10/02	vs DET	0-8L	8	0	Under
10/01	vs DET	7-5W	13	2	Over
09/29	@ CIN	4-3W	11	0	Under
09/28	@ CIN	7-11L	9	3	Over

Team’s Batting Order

Chicago White Sox	DK	FD	AVG	SLG	OBP	OPP	HR/Rate
#1 Robbie Grossman	7.1	9.5	0.241	0.398	41.0%	80.8%	2.9%
#2 Yoan Moncada	7.3	9.5	0.26	0.425	32.6%	75.1%	3.3%
#3 Gavin Sheets	6.4	8.5	0.203	0.332	29.7%	62.9%	3.2%
#4 Paul DeJong	7.0	9.1	0.204	0.351	27.4%	62.5%	3.8%
#4 Andrew Vaughn	6.9	9.0	0.262	0.434	34.5%	77.9%	3.7%
#5 Andrew Benintendi	6.1	7.8	0.262	0.356	35.9%	71.5%	0.9%
#6 Dominic Fletcher	5.8	7.5	0.301	0.441	37.6%	81.7%	2.2%
#6 Kevin Pillar	6.7	8.9	0.228	0.416	25.9%	67.5%	4.6%
#7 Braden Shewmake	nan	6.6	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
#7 Lenyn Sosa	5.3	6.8	0.201	0.348	23.2%	57.9%	3.7%
#8 Korey Lee	4.6	6.1	0.092	0.154	16.9%	32.3%	1.5%
#8 Martin Maldonado	5.3	7.0	0.189	0.34	28.1%	62.1%	3.9%
#9 Nicky Lopez	4.4	5.8	0.235	0.312	38.0%	69.2%	0.5%

Cleveland Guardians	DK	FD	AVG	SLG	OBP	OPP	HR/Rate
#1 Steven Kwan	8.6	11.0	0.27	0.372	38.5%	75.7%	0.8%
#2 Jose Ramirez	10.8	14.0	0.28	0.473	40.2%	87.5%	4.0%
#3 David Fry	7.9	10.4	0.238	0.416	35.6%	77.2%	4.0%
#4 Josh Naylor	8.5	11.1	0.31	0.493	39.1%	88.4%	3.8%
#5 Tyler Freeman	6.9	9.0	0.233	0.36	30.7%	66.7%	2.7%
#6 Will Brennan	7.4	9.3	0.269	0.36	31.8%	67.8%	1.2%
#6 Ramon Laureano	7.9	10.3	0.224	0.371	34.1%	71.2%	2.5%
#7 Andres Gimenez	8.0	10.3	0.248	0.394	34.2%	73.6%	2.7%
#8 Austin Hedges	4.6	5.9	0.186	0.23	25.7%	48.6%	0.5%
#8 Bo Naylor	7.1	9.6	0.237	0.47	39.4%	86.4%	5.6%
#9 Brayan Rocchio	6.0	7.7	0.247	0.321	29.6%	61.7%	0.0%

White Sox Notable Injuries

Luis Robert Jr. OUT (OF): Avg: 0.263 SLG:0.541 Last game: 04/07/24. Impact: 3.4
Eloy Jimenez OUT (OF): Avg: 0.272 SLG:0.442 Last game: 04/02/24. Impact: 1.8
John Brebbia OUT (RP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 04/07/24. Impact: 0.3