This is not last year's Chicago White Sox, a team that lost 99 games. They are three games over .500 and have added a lot of punch to the lineup an have a couple of strong arms at the top of the rotation. One of those belongs to Jose Quintana who has a 5-7 record, but deserves better as he has pitched to a 3.24 ERA on the season, and few have been better over the last month or so. Quintana has allowed just 6 runs in his last 35.2 innings of work. Scott Feldman has been pedestrian on the hill for Houston at 4-6 with a 4.33 ERA on the season. The Stros are also just 1-6 when he takes the mound as a road dog in his last seven. It hasn't been pretty when Houston takes on a left-handed pitcher where they are 17-62 against one on the road in their last 79 tries. I'm going with the hot hand, so make the play the White Sox.
This pick was released to clients on July 18, 2014 at 10:27AM ET.
MLB
Houston at Chicago
July 18, 2014
8:10 PM Eastern
1.5 units on Chicago -163 (moneyline) (risk 1.5 to return 2.42)
Result:
WIN
WIN
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