Chicago White Sox vs. Minnesota Twins MLB Betting Preview | September 2

A pair of the league’s top hitters face off when the Chicago White Sox (65-66) and the Minnesota Twins (67-62) meet at 8:10 PM ET on Friday at Guaranteed Rate Field. Jose Abreu has a .308 batting average (sixth in MLB) for the favored White Sox (-140), while Luis Arraez ranks third in MLB play batting .318 this season for the underdog Twins (+119). Chicago’s Joe Kelly and Minnesota’s Sonny Gray will start this matchup.

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Game Info, Betting Lines for White Sox vs. Twins

• Game Day: Friday, September 2, 2022
• Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
• Location: Chicago, Illinois
• Stadium: Guaranteed Rate Field

White Sox Stats & Trends

White Sox Batting

• The White Sox rank 25th in baseball with 113 total home runs.
• The White Sox’s .260 batting average leads MLB.
• The White Sox rank 14th in the league with an on-base percentage of .316.
• The White Sox strike out 7.7 times per game to rank seventh in baseball.
• The White Sox average 0.9 homers per home game this season (62 total at home).
• The White Sox are slugging .383 with 2.4 extra-base hits per game at home.
• At home this season the team averages 8.6 hits per game and is batting .254.

White Sox Key Batters

• Abreu has an OPS of .839, fueled by an OBP of .385 to go with a slugging percentage of .454. All three of those stats lead Chicago hitters this season.
• Among qualified hitters in MLB, Abreu is sixth in batting average, seventh in on-base percentage, and 45th in slugging.
• Abreu has recorded a base hit in five straight games. In his last five games he is batting .333 with a double, three walks and two RBI.
• Andrew Vaughn leads Chicago in total hits (120) this season while batting .289 with 40 extra-base hits.
• Vaughn’s batting average is 22nd among qualified players, his on-base percentage 58th, and his slugging percentage 36th.
• Vaughn has picked up a hit in two straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .190 with a double, a home run, a walk and two RBI.
• Luis Robert has 107 hits this season and has a slash line of .300/.336/.451.
• Elvis Andrus has nine home runs, 37 RBI and a batting average of .241 this season.
• Andrus has hit safely in five straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .421 with a double, a home run, two walks and three RBI.

Twins Stats & Trends

Twins Batting

• The Twins rank 10th in Major League Baseball with 153 home runs.
• The Twins’ .249 batting average is among the best in baseball, ranking 10th in MLB.
• The Twins are among the best in the league at getting on base, ranking seventh with an OBP of .320.
• The Twins have shown patience at the plate this season with the 10th-best rate of strikeouts per game (8.2) among MLB offenses.
• They’ve hit 73 homers, an average of 1.2 per game, in 60 road contests this season.
• They are slugging .411 in 60 road games this season.
• They are averaging 8.5 base hits per game and batting .247 on the road this season.

Twins Key Batters

• Arraez has totaled 140 hits with a .383 on-base percentage and a .430 slugging percentage, all club-bests for the Twins.
• Including all the qualifying hitters in the majors, Arraez’s batting average ranks third, his on-base percentage ranks eighth, and he is 60th in slugging.
• Arraez hopes to build on a four-game hitting streak in this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .238 with a home run, two walks and four RBI.
• Jorge Polanco has 16 doubles, 16 home runs and 64 walks while batting .235.
• Polanco is currently 118th in batting average, 41st in on-base percentage and 87th in slugging percentage among all qualified batters.
• Carlos Correa has racked up 108 hits, a team-high for the Twins.
• Gio Urshela paces his team with 103 hits.

White Sox vs. Twins Probable Pitchers