Chicago White Sox vs Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction 7-13-24 Picks

The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago White Sox meet Saturday in MLB action from Guaranteed Rate Field. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this Game. Here’s a Chicago White Sox vs Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction.

Starting Pitching Matchup

The Pittsburgh Pirates will send out Luis Ortiz for the start here and Ortiz is 4-2 with a 2.95 ERA and 52 strikeouts this season. This will be Ortiz’s first career start against the White Sox. The Chicago White Sox will start Chris Flexen here and Flexen is 2-7 with a 4.95 ERA and 67 strikeouts this season. This will be Flexen’s first career start against the Pirates.

Pittsburgh Pirates Recap

The Pittsburgh Pirates come into this one looking to build on their series-opening 4-1 win over the White Sox in Friday’s series opener. The win gave the Pirates a chance to clinch back-to-back series wins after their series win over the Milwaukee Brewers to start the week.

Pirates Trying To Get Back To .500

Bryan Reynolds leads the Pirates with 104 hits with 19 doubles along with 17 home runs and 56 RBIs while Andrew McCutchen has 12 home runs and Jack Suwinski has 6 stolen bases. Oneil Cruz has 7 stolen bases and 108 strikeouts while also posting 16 doubles, 14 home runs and 41 RBIs and Connor Joe has a .242 batting average and 16 doubles as well this season. Ke’Bryan Hayes also has a team-high 8 stolen bases as well this season.

Why the Pittsburgh Pirates will win

• The White Sox have lost each of their last 11 home games against NL Central opponents.
• The Pirates have won each of their last eight games as road favorites against AL Central opponents following a win.
• The White Sox have failed to cover the run line each of their last eight home games against NL Central opponents that held a losing record.
• The Pirates have covered the run line in 14 of their last 15 Saturday road games.

Chicago White Sox Recap

The Chicago White Sox will be looking for a win to get back into the series after dropping the opener on Friday, putting themselves at risk of another series loss after their string of series losses to the Twins, Marlins and Guardians over the last two weeks.

White Sox Trying To Find Some Positives

Gavin Sheets has a .228 batting average and a .319 OBP along with a team-high 19 doubles and 29 RBIs while Andrew Vaughn 11 homers and 43 RBIs and Andrew Benintendi has 6 home runs and 25 RBIs with Vaughn logging 19 doubles as well as a team-high 80 hits. Paul DeJong also has a team-high 16 home runs and 37 RBIs with a team-high 103 strikeouts as well this season.

Why the Chicago White Sox will win

• The Pirates have lost four of their last five games as favorites following a win.
• The White Sox have won eight of their last 10 day games against NL Central opponents that held a losing record.
• The Pirates have failed to cover the run line in 11 of their last 13 games as favorites against American League opponents.
• The White Sox have covered the run line in five of their last six games as underdogs following a home loss.

Chicago White Sox vs Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction

I’m on the Pirates here. I get the allure of a home dog like the White Sox, but the reality right now is that the White Sox are just finding ways to lose and burn money day by day. The Pirates aren’t my favorite team to lay this kind of juice with on the road, but they’re still the better team playing better baseball right now and I have to roll with them here as such.