tigers/white sox gm 1 thoughts 1:05 Est

[homedogs1211]

Total set at 8.5 for this game makes me want to bite pretty bad. Probably would not be a huge play but a smaller play just to start the day. Just seeing if anyoneis leaning one way or the other on this. BOL

[TWEETS]

Check lineups, Doubleheaders always end up with weird lineups.

[ouman101]

I'm kind of leaning towards playing Detroit. Looking to see others opinions as well.

[CollegePro]

so far, leaning towards whitesox.... porcello has bad number against whitesox and Buehrle has good number against tigers.... Buehrle @ under -120 is steal!! just waiting for line up to see who is playing in day game.

[Ninersnut]

I'm leaning White Sox but will probably end up being on the over.... Gotta dig a little deeper on this one

[CollegePro]

I'm kind of leaning towards playing Detroit. Looking to see others opinions as well.

what's your reason for leaning towards tigers?

[southpaw74]

Leaning whitesox. Agree porcello is junk and buehrle has won his last 2 starts.

[pokerpro44]

i like the over.gl.

[Fieldysnuts44]

Like the White Sox in the early game

[JamesBrown]

Here is the projected lineup for Detroit game 1 :

Jackson CF, Damon DH, Frazier LF, Cabrera 1B, Peralta 3B, Boesch RF, Raburn 2B, Laird C, Worth SS, (Porcello P)
Aug 03, 2010 / 9:40 am et

[fsfalcons]

im on the white sox this afternoon

[SolidDala]

White sox, will leave the total alone for this game, the under is like 65% when this two face off in det...

[Spyder31]

I definitely dont like the over. Leaning towards WSox! Buerhle should mow them down.

[mark2010]

i have got ws 1 st game. just bcause of the better pitcher and the injuries to tigers. will

[ACCBlitz]

CHW ML

[JC2008]

This is a tough game to cap. Everyone is on the White Sox from the looks of it.

[keith22]

Got to keep riding the whitesox. Sox are on a tear and the Tigers are slumping. Under looks good as well.

[ACCBlitz]

This is a tough game to cap. Everyone is on the White Sox from the looks of it.

*shudders* I hate that phrase

[JamesBrown]

Here is the projected lineup for Detroit game 1 :

Jackson CF, Damon DH, Frazier LF, Cabrera 1B, Peralta 3B, Boesch RF, Raburn 2B, Laird C, Worth SS, (Porcello P)
Aug 03, 2010 / 9:40 am et

projected lineup for the Sox game 1:

Pierre LF, Vizquel 3B, Rios CF, Konerko 1B, Quentin RF, Kotsay DH, Ramirez SS, Pierzynski, Beckham 2B, (Buehrle P)
Aug 03, 2010 / 10:02 am et

[jram68]

the white sox have a better starting pitcher, but their manager is cookoo for cocoa puffs!

[Rixsaw]

if the line stay steady, CWS is a dead play.

[CHAZ]

Tigers offense has been garbage. Porcello is 0-4, 6.88 in his last six. No way I'd take them right now.

White Soxs or pass

[CollegePro]

if the line stay steady, CWS is a dead play.

and why is that??

[rkelly110]

I like Det +RL and the over. Det lost last 2 gms but won SU and +RL 3 of 5 gms.
Detroit has a 67% home win rate. Det pitcher has gone over the total 3 of 3 times.

Over 1st gm, under 2nd game.

[southpaw74]

if the line stay steady, CWS is a dead play.

My line has moved from -107 to -117 in the last 2 hours

[og4667]

porcello gets blown up I think

[sharper2]

the tt under for chicago is juiced at pinny

[The General]

SCORES.ESPN.GO PREVIEW

Starting Pitchers

Chicago: Buehrle (9-8, 4.15 ERA)
Detroit: Porcello (4-9, 5.50 ERA)

Regular Season Series

Chicago leads 3-1 (as of Tue 8/3)

Mon 5/17 Postponed/DelayedInformation

Tue 5/18 CHW 6, @ DET 2 Recap

Tue 6/8 DET 7, @ CHW 2 Recap

Wed 6/9 @ CHW 15, DET 3 Recap

Thu 6/10 @ CHW 3, DET 0 Recap


When the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers met two months ago, the White Sox were an afterthought in the AL Central. Now it's Detroit that is quickly falling out of contention.

The division-leading White Sox open a four-game series against the slumping Tigers with a day-night doubleheader Tuesday.

Chicago (59-45) began its turnaround when it won two of three against Detroit (52-52) from June 8-10. The White Sox would eventually erase a 9 1/2-game deficit to take the division lead moving before the All-Star break.

It won two of three against Oakland over the weekend, capping a 6-1 homestand with a 4-1 victory Sunday.

Despite the improved play, the White Sox have struggled against the AL Central. They are 17-20 against their own division, including a 7-12 record on the road. Chicago, however, won its only game at Detroit on May 18.

The White Sox will try to improve on that division record against a Detroit team that has dropped 15 of 19 and is seven games behind Chicago in the Central.

"We've just got to go out and play," Jeremy Bonderman, who will start the nightcap Tuesday, told the Tigers' official website. "You want to gain some ground, but you want to go out and play well every time you play. This is an opportunity for us to gain ground without having help. We can go out and control our own destiny."

The Tigers lost two of three at Boston over the weekend, falling 4-3 on Sunday. Reliever Robbie Weinhardt threw away Marco Scutaro's bunt in the ninth, allowing the winning run to score.

Detroit will face another tough matchup in Mark Buehrle (9-8, 4.15 ERA), who starts the opener for Chicago.

Buehrle is 6-2 with a 2.74 ERA in his last nine starts, with Chicago winning seven.

The left-hander wasn't sharp his last time out, giving up five runs and nine hits in five innings against Seattle on Wednesday, but the White Sox eventually won 6-5. He didn't factor in the decision.

Making his first start against the Tigers this season, Buehrle is 14-8 with a 2.99 ERA lifetime against them. He hasn't faced them in Detroit since 2008.

Rick Porcello (4-9, 5.50) will counter for the Tigers, trying for his first win in more than two months. He is 0-5 with a 5.40 ERA in his last seven starts, although Detroit has scored eight runs in the last five.

Porcello struck out a season-high eight but allowed four runs in 7 1/3 innings of a 4-2 loss at Tampa Bay on Thursday. The right-hander is 0-3 with a 9.77 ERA against the White Sox, giving up 12 runs over 10 1/3 innings in two losses this year.

Paul Konerko is 4 for 8 with two doubles against Porcello.

The Tigers will hand the ball to Bonderman (5-6, 5.05) in the night game.

Bonderman is 2-2 with a 7.29 ERA in his last six starts. He gave up four runs and eight hits while striking out six in 5 2/3 innings of a 6-5 win over Toronto on July 25. He didn't factor in the decision.

The right-hander has lost his last fours starts against the White Sox and is 5-10 with a 4.79 ERA against them in his career.

Rather than disrupting their rotation, the White Sox have elected to bring up Carlos Torres from Triple-A Charlotte to make his season debut.

The right-hander was 1-2 with a 6.65 ERA in five starts last season. He made a one-inning relief appearance against the Tigers in 2009, giving up two hits.

[Texan81]

white sox or nothing

[Spyder31]

After reading that article. Det Gm2. Wsox Gm1

[The General]

Edit (Wrong weather information)

[Rixsaw]

My line has moved from -107 to -117 in the last 2 hours

I got CWS last night @ -117. I was thinking everyone and their cuz will be on it pushing the line upward. It hasn't moved, and more than 1/2 the forum like CWS. It's never good when the forum agree on a play and the line doesn't go up.

[CHAZ]

moneylines
08/02 21:58 -120 / +100
08/03 00:07 -125 / +105
08/03 04:28 -130 / +110
08/03 11:08 -133 / +113
08/03 11:12 -130 / +110
08/03 11:29 -115 / +105
08/03 11:35 -118 / +108
08/03 11:44 -117 / +107

[handicapper03]

I'd just go with the over on this.

[Deuce]

Tigers are banged up. Sox and Over.