White Sox fans, let’s get ready as our team plays the Tigers in their last series game of the year at Rate Field on Wednesday, August 13, 2025. Since the Tigers have dominated up until now in their standing, focus now is on odds, picks, and favored team in this game. At present favored are the Tigers, who aim to seal this series against the White Sox, who have not really impressed this year, unfortunately.
Tigers likely to win series final
Detroit is the favorite in the Wednesday game and their moneyline odds support that, ranging from -127 to -128. Chicago has odds ranging from +108 to +109 and is the underdog. The over and under for the game are 8.5 runs. Stats show that Detroit plays extremely well when favored to play, with over 63% of their favored games won. The White Sox play poorly when odds are further down the board, winning only about 36% of times as the underdog.
Key Matchup Facts
Game Time: Wednesday, August 13, 2025, 1:10 p.m. CDT
Location: Rate Field, Chicago, Illinois
TV Channel: CHSN and FDSDET
Online Streaming: Fubo (Local restrictions may apply)
Matchup Pitching
The White Sox presumably will have Shane Smith (3-7) start. Smith’s numbers this year include a 4.22 ERA and 93 strikeouts in 96.2 innings of work. The Tigers have not announced who will start. The White Sox last played and beat the Tigers 9-6, with Yoendrys Gomez getting the victory for Chicago and Jack Flaherty taking the loss for the Tigers.
Bet Trends and Results
Tigers Betting Trends
Won 53 out of 84 games favored (63.1% winning percentage). 44-24 mark when favored by -127 or more.
Over/under hit in 63 of 121 matches.
59-62 this year against the spread.
White Sox Odds Trends:
Won 43 out of 118 games as an underdog (36.4% winning percentage).
Record of 42-69 favored by -108 or fewer.
Over/under strike during 53 out of 120 matches.
68-51 against the spread for the season.
Offensive Insights
Tigers’ hitters are eighth in majors in homers (157) and eighth in slugging (.425). They are ninth in average (.251) and have eight team runs in baseball. The team, however, of the White Sox isn’t doing well, 23rd in homers (118), second-lowest in slugging (.369), and second-worst in average (.229). They are also 27th per game in runs.
Forecasting
Based on current performance and team totals, winners of the series finale are likely to be the Tigers. As good as the White Sox have had glimpses of scoring, the team batting overall and scoring that the Tigers frequently repeat in key spots makes Detroit the slight better bet. A projected score of Tigers 6, White Sox 5 tilts the over in the 8.5 total runs.
But still, let´s go White Sox!