The Chicago White Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Tropicana Field.
The White Sox will give the ball to starter John Danks in this one. Lefthander Danks is 0-0 this season with a 0.00 ERA.
Starting this game for the Rays will be Jeff Niemann. The righthander has a 10.13 ERA to go along with a 0-1 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Rays listed as 103-moneyline favorites versus the White Sox, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
The White Sox were shut out 9-0 by the Tigers on Wednesday, as +145 road underdogs. That game's nine runs went UNDER the day's posted over\/under 9.5.
Jose Contreras fell to 0-2, giving up five runs over 5 1-3 innings in the loss.
The Rays lost the rubber match 4-3 to the Yankees on Wednesday, as +105 underdogs. That game's seven runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (9.5).
Carlos Pena went deep in a losing effort, while Troy Percival surrendered the winning run in relief.
Current streak:
Tampa Bay has lost 2 straight games.
Team records:
Chicago: 4-4 SU
Tampa Bay: 4-5 SU
Chicago most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 8-2
Before playing Tampa Bay are 4-6
After playing Detroit are 5-5
After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n
Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 4-6
Before playing Chi White Sox are 7-3
After playing NY Yankees are 1-9
After a loss are 5-5
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Chi White Sox's last 8 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
The total has gone UNDER in 15 of Chi White Sox's last 19 games when playing Tampa Bay
Chi White Sox are 2-8 SU in their last 10 games when playing Tampa Bay
Chi White Sox are 1-6 SU in their last 7 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Chi White Sox
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Tampa Bay's last 8 games when playing at home against Chi White Sox
Tampa Bay is 8-2 SU in their last 10 games when playing Chi White Sox
The total has gone UNDER in 15 of Tampa Bay's last 19 games when playing Chi White Sox
Next up:
Tampa Bay home to Chi White Sox, Friday, April 17<\/p>\n