The Red Sox (42-48) will look to complete a three-game sweep of the White Sox (47-44) this afternoon at Rate Field in Chicago. Boston has now won five in a row while the Sox have lost four of their last six.
Boston continued its recent surge last night with a convincing 5-0 victory. The Red Sox broke through against White Sox starter Davis Martin with three runs in the third inning and two more in the fourth, then let left-hander Jake Bennett do the rest. Bennett turned in seven scoreless innings, allowing just four hits while striking out four. Tsung-Che Cheng collected two hits and two RBIs, while Ceddanne Rafaela added an RBI double. The White Sox managed just four hits in the game and have scored but a single run in the first two games of the series.
Despite the loss, Chicago still leads the AL Central by one game over the Guardians. The Sox climb north in the Wild Card standings continued last night with the win. Boston now site but three games out of a playoff spot.
Patrick Sandoval takes the ball for the Red Sox today. It will be his debut with Boston and his first appearance in a game in any uniform following Tommy John surgery followed by a few setbacks. Sandoval has not appeared in a major league game since June 2024. His most recent outing came on a rehab assignment with Double-A Portland on July 4, when he fired five scoreless innings, allowed just one hit and one walk, struck out seven, and threw 68 pitches. Boston is expected to monitor his workload closely this afternoon.
The White Sox counter with veteran left-hander Anthony Kay (6-3, 4.29 ERA). Kay’s most recent start came July 3 against Cleveland, where he was effective despite Chicago taking a tough-luck extra-inning loss. Kay allowed just one run on one hit across four innings, walking two and striking out two. Prior to that outing, he struggled against Kansas City on June 28, surrendering five runs (three earned) over 3.2 innings, though he had delivered six scoreless innings with eight strikeouts against Cleveland in the start before that.
Lets dive into tonight’s matchup and find a sweat or two.
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Game Details and How to Watch: Red Sox vs. White Sox
- Date: Thursday, July 9, 2026
- Time: 2:10PM EST
- Site: Rate Field
- City: Chicago, IL
- Network/Streaming: MLB.TV, NESN, CSN
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The Latest Odds: Red Sox vs. White Sox
The latest odds as of Thursday courtesy of DraftKings:
- Moneyline: Boston Red Sox (+100), Chicago White Sox (-120)
- Spread: Red Sox -1.5 (+163), White Sox +1.5 (-199)
- Total: 9.0 runs
Probable Starting Pitchers and their Stats: Red Sox vs. White Sox for July 9
- Red Sox: Patrick Sandoval
Season Totals: This is Sandoval’s first start of the season - White Sox: Anthony Kay
Season Totals: 84.0 IP, 6-3, 4.29 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 67K, 33 BB
Who’s Hot? Who’s Not! Red Sox vs. White Sox
- Wilyer Abreu is 1-8 in this series and 4-24 in July
- Caleb Durbin went 2-3 last night to snap an 0-12 stretch over the previous 3 games
- Sam Antonacci is 4-6 in this series
- Ceddanne Rafaela has hit safely in 6 straight games (10-28)
- Willson Contreras went 0-2 last night to snap his 5-game hitting streak
- Colson Montgomery is 0-8 in this series and 5-26 this month
- Chase Meidroth is 1-7 through the first 2 games of this series
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Top Betting Trends & Insights: Red Sox vs. White Sox
- The White Sox are 52-39 on the Run Line this season
- The Red Sox are 41-49 on the Run Line this season
- The OVER has cashed 52 times in Chicago’s 91 games this season (52-37-2)
- The OVER has cashed 41 times in Boston’s 90 games this season (41-45-4)
Expert picks & predictions: Red Sox vs. White Sox
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