Chicago at Tampa Bay

The White Sox have been an ugly 5-22 over their last 27 games, and will come to Tampa having lost five straight, while having scored just 2 runs in their last 3 games. They have been out-scored 150-93 in those 27 games and that is over two runs per game (RPG). The offense has been horrible, but against LHP even worse. The pale hose have now dropped 10 of their last 11 against southpaws and are the worst team in baseball against LHP. J.P. Howell has made two home starts and has allowed 2 earned runs in 15 innings. That comes off of his last home start last year when he pitched an eye-opening shutout over the Yankees. Tampa has played as good as they have all season, as they have won 11 of their last 20. This is a much better TB team than we have seen in quite awhile. The 05, and 06 seasons saw them in the role of a -130 favorite just 3 times and they won all of them. This season already they have played in this role 9 times - winning 7. That means they have been 10-2 as a -140 favorite or more covering three years, so don't think this is too much. They have been better against LHP than RHP, as they have an overall winning record and they get the win here tonight.