The Rangers and the White Sox couldn’t be headed in more different directions. The White Sox just traded their top two starters, their closer and their 3rd best reliever. Consequently, this will be a bullpen game for them with probable starter Scholtens making his third start of the season instead of coming out of the bullpen. There are big holes in the rest of the bullpen that will be called on to help out. Scholtens lost both starts and has a WHIP of 1.97 in them, so it doesn’t bode well for the White Sox.

Probable starter Heany for the Rangers is in a more accustomed position with a 2.80 ERA in his last 5 starts, having shutout the opposition in two of those starts.

At the plate the Rangers have been 1st in avg. and 2nd in OPS in the majors against RH starters. They have cooled down overall lately with a couple of injuries to key contributors but are still far superior to the White Sox who are 23rd in avg and 26th in OPS in the majors over the last 15 days.

On the road with their 20-35 record the White Sox have a -0.7 run differential/9 innings while the Rangers with their 34-20 home record have a +1.6 run differential/9 innings. Clearly the White Sox are in tough in so many ways that laying the points for the Rangers is a clear call.