White Sox at Red Sox 6/8/18 - MLB Picks & Predictions
In Friday night MLB action, the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox will begin their weekend series from Fenway Park. On Thursday, SP James Shields was tagged for seven runs in six innings of a 7-2 loss at Minnesota. Jose Abreu and Yoan Moncada drove in the runs for Chicago, who is 20 games below .500 overall.
Dominant left-hander Chris Sale (5-3 3.00 ERA) will make his 14th start of the season for the Red Sox. Sale has dropped consecutive starts and he has given up 10 runs over his last 10 plus innings of work.
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Boston OF Mookie Betts (abdominal strain) was scheduled to take batting practice on Thursday. Through 60 games, Chicago ranks 16th in batting average and 27th in runs scored. For the season, Boston ranks 1st in batting average and 1st in runs scored. Take Chicago as a nicely priced underdog against a suddenly struggling Chris Sale. Final Score Prediction, Chicago White Sox win in big upset 5-3.