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MLB Baseball Chicago White Sox vs Seattle Mariners: The Chicago White Sox (72-53) are riding a 4-game winning streak going into Wednesday matinee against the struggling Seattle Mariners (46-79). As hot as the White Sox have been, the Mariners have been just as cold, coming in losers of their last 5. This afternoon from U.S. Cellular Field, starting at 2:05 PM ET, Seattle and Chicago finish a 3-game set. At SBGglobal.com, the Chicago White Sox are overwhelming -220 betting odds Money Line favorites against the Seattle Mariners (+180). The Chicago White Sox continue to fight off the surging Minnesota Twins (71-54) in the battle for the American League Central division.  Going into this game between the Sox vs. Mariners, just 1 game separates both these teams, as the Twins have been consistently on Chicago’s heels. Today, the Twins are hosting the Oakland Athletics also in an afternoon game, which gets underway at 1:05 PM ET. The White Sox will be going for the sweep of the Mariners, while the Twins and the A’s play the rubber game of their series. This afternoon’s pitching match up consists of two right-handed pitchers having very contrasting seasons. For the White Sox, Gavin Floyd takes the mound looking for his 13th win of the ’08 campaign. Floyd will be making his 25th start, as he has lost just 6 games, and possesses an ERA of 3.75. In 146.1 innings of work, Floyd has struck out 103 batters, and has walked 59. Floyd will be going against the Mariners’ Robert Alan Dickey (3-7, 4.92 ERA). Dickey, out of Tennessee will be making just his 13th start of the season, after making 11 appearances out of the bullpen. In the 2008 season, Dickey has thrown 97 innings, for which he has allowed 108 hits, 53 earned runs, 12 long balls, has issued 46 free passes, and fanned 55 batters. The OVER/UNDER for this MLB Baseball: Chicago White Sox vs Seattle Mariners has been set at a total of 10½ runs.
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