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CWS
Chicago White Sox
Thu, Jul 2
6:40 PM ET
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CLE
Cleveland Guardians
51% Win Probability 49%
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Our analysts — Vega & Scoop — weigh in about 3 hours before first pitch.

Starting Pitchers

park ×0.93 · temp ×1.054 · expected total 8.5
CWS starter Locked
Starter TBA
starter 4.30 R/9 over ~4.7 ip
bullpen 4.52 R/9 for the rest
expected to allow 4.30 runs
CLE starter Locked
4.18 ERA · 7.0 K/9
starter 4.35 R/9 over ~5.3 ip
bullpen 4.25 R/9 for the rest
expected to allow 4.21 runs

Each starter's baseline (shrunk to league by sample) blended with the bullpen over the park's typical starter innings, then scaled by park run factor and game-time temperature. Descriptive, not a market edge.

By the conditions

history for tonight's matchup

What's happened when these teams played in these exact conditions — vs the league average (the tick).

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Head to Head 2026 season

2
CWS
3 games
7.0 avg runs
1
CLE

Team Data (season)

CWSCLE
43-39Record44-40
4.78Runs / g3.94
4.56Runs allowed / g4.04
56%Scored first51%
32%Cover -1.536%
65%Cover +1.569%

Form & Market Trends

CWS Chicago White Sox n 10/82/162
Winner & spread
L10 Szn Prev
Win 50% 52% 37%
Cover -1.5 20% 32% 28%
Cover +1.5 90% 65% 59%
Lead after 5 (F5 spread) 20% 38% 36%
Totals
L10 Szn Prev
Over 8.5 (game) 40% 55% 49%
Team over 4.5 30% 50% 34%
Team F5 over 2.5 20% 49% 34%
Run in 1st (RFI) 30% 56% 56%
Extra innings 20% 13% 6%
Race to N runs (first to score)
L10 Szn Prev
Race to 3 50% 45% 40%
Race to 4 50% 40% 30%
Race to 5 20% 35% 27%
Race to 6 20% 34% 23%
Race to 7 10% 18% 19%
CLE Cleveland Guardians n 10/84/165
Winner & spread
L10 Szn Prev
Win 50% 52% 54%
Cover -1.5 20% 36% 38%
Cover +1.5 80% 69% 67%
Lead after 5 (F5 spread) 30% 43% 38%
Totals
L10 Szn Prev
Over 8.5 (game) 40% 44% 41%
Team over 4.5 30% 32% 36%
Team F5 over 2.5 30% 37% 35%
Run in 1st (RFI) 40% 43% 45%
Extra innings 10% 7% 11%
Race to N runs (first to score)
L10 Szn Prev
Race to 3 50% 48% 48%
Race to 4 40% 36% 38%
Race to 5 30% 30% 30%
Race to 6 20% 25% 24%
Race to 7 10% 17% 16%

Cover -1.5 = won by 2+; Cover +1.5 = lost by ≤1 or won. F5 = first five innings. RFI = a run scored in the 1st. Race to N = team first to N runs. Descriptive; low-n splits are noisy.

Projected Lineups

Tap a batter for tonight's matchup splits — vs the opposing starter's hand, in the game's temperature, and at this park (vs their overall).

CWS Chicago White Sox Probable

1 Sam Antonacci L 0.762
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs RHP 0.290 0.735 3 47g
Hot (80°+) 0.333 0.902 1 12g
at Progressive Field no games
Overall 0.292 0.762 4 64g
2 Miguel Vargas R 0.712
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs RHP 0.220 0.717 31 199g
Hot (80°+) 0.231 0.723 12 69g
at Progressive Field 0.174 0.391 0 6g
Overall 0.222 0.712 40 291g
3 Colson Montgomery L 0.802
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs RHP 0.218 0.766 30 111g
Hot (80°+) 0.215 0.807 12 39g
at Progressive Field 0.000 0.125 0 3g
Overall 0.230 0.802 41 150g
4 Kyle Teel L 0.774
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs RHP 0.278 0.793 9 77g
Hot (80°+) 0.312 0.790 2 24g
at Progressive Field 0.125 0.250 0 2g
Overall 0.270 0.774 9 83g
5 Randal Grichuk R 0.789
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs RHP 0.257 0.792 14 157g
Hot (80°+) 0.269 0.784 5 62g
at Progressive Field 0.200 0.667 1 6g
Overall 0.260 0.789 30 272g
6 Braden Montgomery S 0.729
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs RHP 0.261 0.777 2 12g
Hot (80°+) 0.167 0.583 1 3g
at Progressive Field no games
Overall 0.246 0.729 2 17g
7 Tristan Peters L 0.739
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs RHP 0.280 0.780 4 61g
Hot (80°+) 0.300 0.899 1 14g
at Progressive Field no games
Overall 0.268 0.739 4 82g
8 Chase Meidroth R 0.673
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs RHP 0.267 0.676 6 145g
Hot (80°+) 0.260 0.636 0 44g
at Progressive Field 0.300 0.900 1 3g
Overall 0.262 0.673 11 202g
9 Jacob Gonzalez L 0.624
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs RHP 0.218 0.641 2 17g
Hot (80°+) 0.333 0.916 1 8g
at Progressive Field no games
Overall 0.219 0.624 2 22g

CLE Cleveland Guardians Probable

1 Travis Bazzana L 0.778
SplitAVGOPSHRn
Hot (80°+) 0.136 0.406 0 6g
at Progressive Field 0.239 0.687 1 25g
Overall 0.256 0.778 7 53g
2 Brayan Rocchio S 0.650
SplitAVGOPSHRn
Hot (80°+) 0.202 0.590 5 89g
at Progressive Field 0.249 0.655 7 176g
Overall 0.235 0.650 20 352g
3 Chase DeLauter L 0.742
SplitAVGOPSHRn
Hot (80°+) 0.273 0.724 0 7g
at Progressive Field 0.271 0.705 2 36g
Overall 0.263 0.742 7 69g
4 Rhys Hoskins R 0.709
SplitAVGOPSHRn
Hot (80°+) 0.208 0.682 10 56g
at Progressive Field 0.221 0.775 3 34g
Overall 0.212 0.709 45 291g
5 Kahlil Watson L 0.764
SplitAVGOPSHRn
Hot (80°+) no games
at Progressive Field 0.400 1.000 0 3g
Overall 0.290 0.764 1 10g
6 David Fry R 0.728
SplitAVGOPSHRn
Hot (80°+) 0.199 0.603 6 76g
at Progressive Field 0.237 0.737 12 117g
Overall 0.232 0.728 28 251g
7 Steven Kwan L 0.711
SplitAVGOPSHRn
Hot (80°+) 0.236 0.654 8 92g
at Progressive Field 0.261 0.719 15 179g
Overall 0.270 0.711 26 367g
8 Gabriel Arias R 0.616
SplitAVGOPSHRn
Hot (80°+) 0.222 0.665 5 39g
at Progressive Field 0.224 0.641 6 94g
Overall 0.219 0.616 16 204g
9 Austin Hedges R 0.530
SplitAVGOPSHRn
Hot (80°+) 0.185 0.553 2 55g
at Progressive Field 0.205 0.519 1 92g
Overall 0.184 0.530 8 183g

Injured List

CWS (12 on IL)
CLE (2 on IL)