White Sox vs Athletics Game Breakdown

Get ready for a clash of the underdogs as the Chicago White Sox, who’ve been scraping the bottom of the barrel with a 27-87 record, roll into the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum to face the slightly less beleaguered Oakland Athletics, standing at 46-67. The night game, kicking off at a cool 09:40 PM EST, promises some intriguing action with the Sox lagging a massive 41 games behind in the American League, while the A’s are trying to make up a 13.5-game deficit. With the betting lines tipping slightly in favor of the home team (Athletics at -182) and an over/under that’s teasingly set at 8, tonight’s game might just defy expectations. Both teams are licking their wounds from recent defeats, and with the weather partly cloudy and a gentle breeze in the air, it’s perfect baseball weather. So, as we gear up for tonight’s game, let’s see if the White Sox can clean up their act or if the A’s will be left swinging in the breeze!

Game Breakdown

Game Time: August 05, 2024 09:40PM EST

Location: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland

Weather: Partly Cloudy with winds from the SW at 3.4 mph. Temperature is at 57.1° with 89% humidity.

Vegas Odds

	CWS ML	OAK ML	Over/Under	Line
Open	+150	-182	8.0	1.5/-1.5
Recent	+150	-182	8.5	1.5/-1.5
Difference	0	0	+0.5	–

Team Performance

LAST 10

0W-10L

AWAY

123W-172L

40.0% Win Probability

LAST 10

5W-5L

HOME

125W-174L

60.0% Win Probability

Previous Matchups

Date		Runs	O/U	O/U DIFF
06/30/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	4	Over	+3.0
06/30/23	Oakland Athletics OAK	7	Over	+3.0
07/01/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	6	Over	+5.0
07/01/23	Oakland Athletics OAK	7	Over	+5.0
07/02/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	8	Over	+7.0
07/02/23	Oakland Athletics OAK	7	Over	+7.0
08/24/23	Oakland Athletics OAK	8	Over	+5.0
08/24/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	5	Over	+5.0
08/25/23	Oakland Athletics OAK	12	Over	+8.0
08/25/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	4	Over	+8.0
08/26/23	Oakland Athletics OAK	2	Push	-0.0
08/26/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	6	Push	-0.0
08/27/23	Oakland Athletics OAK	1	Under	-1.0
08/27/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	6	Under	-1.0

White Sox Vs Over/Under

Athletics Vs Over/Under

Jonathan Cannon

ERA 4.114 | IP 70.0 | 1.0W-5.0L | KO 46.0

Date	Matchup	Result	IP	Hits	Runs	KO	Over
07-30-24	vsKC	4-3L	7.0	1	1	2	Under
07-25-24	@TEX	1-2L	6.0	8	2	1	Under
07-20-24	@KC	1-6L	6.0	8	4	4	Under
07-12-24	vsPIT	4-1L	6.0	7	4	4	Under
07-07-24	@MIA	4-7L	6.0	3	1	3	Over
06-29-24	vsCOL	3-11W	5.7	3	3	3	Over
06-23-24	@DET	2-11L	1.0	7	8	1	Over
06-18-24	vsHOU	0-2W	8.7	7	0	4	Under
06-12-24	@SEA	1-2L	7.0	4	1	7	Under
06-07-24	vsBOS	2-7W	3.0	3	0	4	Over

JP Sears

ERA 4.525 | IP 119.3 | 8.0W-8.0L | KO 92.0

Date	Matchup	Result	IP	Hits	Runs	KO	Over
07-30-24	@SF	5-2W	7.0	3	0	9	Under
07-24-24	vsHOU	8-1L	6.0	9	8	3	Over
07-19-24	vsLAA	3-13W	5.7	9	3	4	Over
07-10-24	@BOS	5-2W	5.7	4	1	8	Under
07-04-24	vsLAA	0-5W	5.0	2	0	6	Under
06-28-24	@ARI	9-4W	6.0	5	3	6	Over
06-22-24	vsMIN	10-2L	1.3	9	8	1	Over
06-16-24	@MIN	2-6L	4.3	9	4	1	Under
06-11-24	@SD	3-4L	5.0	7	3	1	Under
06-06-24	vsSEA	3-0L	6.0	3	2	8	Under

White Sox Recent Games

Date	vsOpp	Result	Hits	HR	O/U
08/06	vs MIN	7-13L	12	1	Over
08/05	vs MIN	2-6L	3	1	Under
08/04	vs MIN	2-10L	3	1	Over
08/02	@ KC	3-10L	6	0	Over
08/01	@ KC	3-4L	7	1	Under
07/31	@ KC	5-8L	11	1	Over
07/30	@ SEA	3-6L	7	1	Over
07/29	@ SEA	3-6L	9	0	Over
07/28	@ SEA	0-10L	7	0	Over
07/27	vs TEX	1-2L	5	0	Under
07/26	vs TEX	2-10L	4	1	Over
07/25	vs TEX	2-2L	5	1	Under
07/24	vs TEX	3-4L	7	2	Under
07/23	vs KC	1-4L	3	0	Under
07/22	vs KC	1-6L	7	0	Under

Athletics Recent Games

Date	vsOpp	Result	Hits	HR	O/U
08/06	@ LAD	2-3L	6	1	Under
08/05	@ LAD	0-10L	6	0	Over
08/04	@ LAD	6-5W	11	3	Over
08/02	vs SF	0-1L	5	0	Under
08/01	vs SF	5-2W	10	4	Under
07/30	vs LAA	6-8L	7	0	Over
07/29	vs LAA	3-1W	7	1	Under
07/28	vs LAA	5-4W	7	2	Over
07/27	vs LAA	6-5W	9	3	Over
07/26	@ HOU	1-8L	9	0	Over
07/25	@ HOU	8-2W	13	5	Over
07/24	@ HOU	4-0W	8	0	Under
07/23	@ LAA	5-8L	8	1	Over
07/22	@ LAA	8-2W	11	1	Over
07/21	@ LAA	13-3W	14	3	Over

Team’s Batting Order

Chicago White Sox	DK	FD	AVG	SLG	OBP	OPS	wOBA	HR/Rate
#1 Miguel Vargas	7.5	9.9	0.211	0.389	0.322	0.711	0.292	0.044
#2 Brooks Baldwin	7.7	9.8	0.212	0.346	0.269	0.615	0.258	0.019
#3 Luis Robert Jr.	9.2	12.0	0.203	0.424	0.290	0.714	0.295	0.055
#4 Andrew Vaughn	7.7	10.1	0.235	0.391	0.317	0.708	0.293	0.033
#5 Lenyn Sosa	6.1	7.7	0.230	0.335	0.272	0.607	0.255	0.021
#6 Korey Lee	5.8	7.5	0.215	0.369	0.262	0.631	0.263	0.035
#7 Nick Senzel	6.5	8.5	0.200	0.339	0.322	0.661	0.273	0.030
#8 Corey Julks	6.9	8.9	0.217	0.357	0.322	0.678	0.280	0.026
#9 Chuckie Robinson	6.1	6.1	0.154	0.154	0.154	0.308	0.132	0.000

Oakland Athletics	DK	FD	AVG	SLG	OBP	OPS	wOBA	HR/Rate
#1 Lawrence Butler	7.5	9.8	0.235	0.422	0.335	0.757	0.309	0.039
#2 Miguel Andujar	7.6	9.6	0.306	0.417	0.349	0.766	0.317	0.017
#3 JJ Bleday	8.0	10.4	0.237	0.425	0.351	0.776	0.316	0.033
#4 Brent Rooker	8.9	11.8	0.286	0.569	0.406	0.975	0.390	0.073
#5 Shea Langeliers	7.5	10.0	0.213	0.453	0.295	0.748	0.308	0.064
#6 Abraham Toro	6.9	8.7	0.252	0.369	0.315	0.685	0.285	0.019
#7 Seth Brown	7.6	9.7	0.208	0.346	0.290	0.636	0.265	0.035
#8 Darell Hernaiz	4.7	6.2	0.171	0.171	0.257	0.429	0.185	0.000
#9 Max Schuemann	5.1	6.7	0.243	0.346	0.376	0.722	0.295	0.023

White Sox Notable Injuries

Drew Thorpe OUT (SP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 08/02/24. Impact: 3.3
Michael Soroka OUT (SP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 07/12/24. Impact: 3.6
Jordan Leasure OUT (RP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 07/12/24. Impact: -0.1

Athletics Notable Injuries

Luis Medina OUT (SP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 07/13/24. Impact: 4.2
Mason Miller OUT (RP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 07/24/24. Impact: 1.7
Tyler Soderstrom OUT (1B): Avg: 0.219 SLG:0.404 Last game: 07/11/24. Impact: 1.7
Jacob Wilson OUT (SS): Avg: 1.0 SLG:1.0 Last game: 07/21/24. Impact: 1.4