Rays-White Sox Odds Preview

The Tampa Bay Rays and the Chicago White Sox will both be trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle at U.S. Cellular Field.

James Shields will be the starting pitcher for the Rays on this day. Righthander Shields is 6-6 this season with a 3.75 ERA.

It’ll be Carlos Torres toeing the rubber for the White Sox in this contest. Righthander Torres will be making his season debut.

Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total.

Carlos Pena’s sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth inning lifted the Rays over the White Sox 3-2 on Tuesday night.

Tampa Bay won as -140 road favorites as the teams played UNDER the 10-run total listed by oddsmakers.

Evan Longoria and Pat Burrell also drove in runs for the Rays, while Jeff Niemann allowed two runs over eight innings to earn the win for Tampa Bay.

Gordon Beckham was 3-for-4 with a run batted in for Chicago, as Bobby Jenks took the loss after surrendering the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth inning.

Team records:
Tampa Bay: 52-42 SU
Chicago: 48-45 SU

Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 6-4
Before playing Chi White Sox are 5-5
After playing Chi White Sox are 4-6
After a win are 7-3

Chicago most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 5-5
Before playing Tampa Bay are 5-5
After playing Tampa Bay are 5-5
After a loss are 7-3

A few trends to consider:
Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Tampa Bay is 8-16 SU in their last 24 games when playing on the road against Chi White Sox
Tampa Bay is 2-4 SU in their last 6 games when playing Chi White Sox
Chi White Sox are 7-3 SU in their last 10 games at home
Chi White Sox are 16-8 SU in their last 24 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay
Chi White Sox are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games when playing Tampa Bay
Chi White Sox are 15-8 SU in their last 23 games

Next up:
Chi White Sox home to Tampa Bay, Thursday, July 23