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    Luis Robert sits at 99 hits this season, and will try to get his 100th when his Chicago White Sox (56-56) play the Detroit Tigers (43-70) on Friday at 7:10 PM ET. The White Sox are favored (-220) over the Tigers (+181). Chicago’s Michael Kopech gets the start against Detroit’s Daniel Norris.

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    Game Info, Betting Lines for White Sox vs. Tigers

    • Game Day: Friday, August 12, 2022
    • Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
    • Location: Chicago, Illinois
    • Stadium: Guaranteed Rate Field
    White Sox vs Tigers Betting Information
    Favorite Favorite Moneyline Total
    White Sox -220 8.5

    White Sox Stats & Trends

    White Sox Batting

    • The White Sox rank 25th in MLB action with 98 total home runs.
    • The White Sox rank fifth in the majors with a .257 batting average.
    • The White Sox’s .310 on-base percentage is 19th in the league.
    • The White Sox strike out 7.8 times per game, the seventh-best mark in baseball.
    • The White Sox have hit 49 home runs at home this season (0.9 per game).
    • The White Sox have a .375 slugging percentage and are averaging 2.4 extra-base hits per game at home.
    • The club averages 8.4 hits per game and is batting .247 at home this season.

    White Sox Key Batters

    • Jose Abreu leads Chicago in OBP (.374), slugging percentage (.463) and OPS (.837) this season.
    • Among all qualifying hitters in the majors, Abreu’s batting average ranks 18th, his on-base percentage ranks 14th, and he is 35th in slugging.
    • Abreu will look for his third straight game with a hit in this contest. In his last five games he is batting .318 with a double.
    • Andrew Vaughn has 102 hits, which leads Chicago batters this season. He’s batting .297 with 34 extra-base hits.
    • Among qualifying batters, Vaughn is 21st in batting average, 43rd in on-base percentage and 32nd in slugging percentage.
    • Robert has 99 hits this season and has a slash line of .298/.333/.452.
    • Robert brings a six-game hitting streak into this game. During his last nine games he is hitting .371 with four doubles, a home run, three walks and seven RBI.
    • A.J. Pollock has been key for Chicago with 73 hits, an OBP of .284 plus a slugging percentage of .348.

    Tigers Stats & Trends

    Tigers Batting

    • The Tigers’ 66 home runs rank last in MLB this season.
    • The Tigers have a team batting average of just .226 this season, which ranks 28th among MLB teams.
    • The Tigers are among the worst in the league at getting on base, ranking 29th with an OBP of .282.
    • The Tigers rank 24th with an average of 8.7 strikeouts per game.
    • In 55 games on the road this season, they’ve hit 31 homers, an average of 0.6 per contest.
    • They have a team slugging percentage of .311 in away games this season with 116 extra-base hits.
    • They are averaging seven base hits per game and batting .211 on the road this season.

    Tigers Key Batters

    • Javier Baez has totaled 83 hits, a team-best for the Tigers.
    • Including all the qualified hitters in MLB, Baez’s batting average places him 132nd, his on-base percentage is 145th, and he is 117th in slugging.
    • Jonathan Schoop has 18 doubles, a triple, eight home runs and 15 walks while hitting .204.
    • Schoop’s batting average ranks 145th among all qualified players, his on-base percentage is 148th, and he is 140th in slugging.
    • Harold Castro is batting .287 with 15 doubles, two triples, four home runs and 13 walks.
    • Jeimer Candelario is batting .204 with 11 doubles, two triples, 10 home runs and 21 walks.

    White Sox vs. Tigers Probable Pitchers

    Kopech Norris
    20 GS 0
    4-8 W-L 0-0
    3.37 ERA
    98.2 IP 0
    48 BB 0
    85 SO 0
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