Chicago White Sox vs Chicago Cubs Prediction: Incredible Cubs to win again

Thursday's Major League Baseball action from Guaranteed Rate Field features a matchup between the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox. This will be the second and final game of a short two-game series between these two teams. The Cubs enjoyed a productive offensive evening and came away with a four-run victory in the game that was played on Wednesday. How will this one, however, end?

Even though the Chicago White Sox scored eight runs against the Minnesota Twins over the course of three games this past weekend, the Twins still swept them because they allowed the opposing team to score 17 runs. On Wednesday, when they played the Chicago Cubs, the White Sox were only able to muster up five hits as a team and couldn't get anything going at the plate. Eloy Jimenez was the only Chicago White Sox player to collect multiple hits (two), and Andrew Vaughn drove in two runs for the Chicago White Sox. On Thursday, the Chicago White Sox will send out Lance Lynn as their starting pitcher. This year, in 20 starts, Lynn has a record of 6-9 with a 6.18 earned run average and 139 strikeouts in 115.0 innings pitched. During his most recent start, which was a loss to the Minnesota Twins, Lynn allowed six earned runs on eight hits, walked three batters, and went 6.2 innings.

The Chicago Cubs came out of the weekend with a strong performance after sweeping a four-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals. Cody Bellinger contributed to the victory on Sunday by hitting a three-run home run, which led to the final score of 7-2. The Chicago Cubs were victorious over the Boston Red Sox by a score of 7-3 on Wednesday thanks to the team's 13 hits. Nico Hoerner contributed three hits and two runs, while Dansby Swanson smashed two home runs and drove in four runs with his bat. Marcus Stroman will take the mound for the Chicago Cubs in their game on Thursday as the team's starting pitcher. In 21 starts so far this season, Stroman has a record of 10-7 with a 3.09 ERA, 105 strikeouts, and 122.1 innings pitched. In his most recent start, against the St. Louis Cardinals, Stroman was charged with a loss after allowing four earned runs in 3.2 innings.

I'm going to put my money on the Chicago Cubs, but I don't expect it to be an easy game for them. Stroman has pitched poorly in two of his last three appearances, allowing a total of eight earned runs during that span, but he did have a good showing in a victory over the Red Sox (6.0 innings; one earned run allowed). As for Lynn, over the course of his last two starts, he has issued six walks and allowed 14 hits while allowing 10 earned runs in a total of 12.0 innings pitched. The offensive unit for the Chicago Cubs ought to get off to a quick start on the scoreboard in this game 2 again. The Chicago Cubs bullpen turned up a strong effort on Wednesday, helping the team to a victory that was satisfying in all aspects (2.2 innings; one hit, one walk; five strikeouts; no earned runs). The offense was able to keep up with the defense, resulting in 22 runs scored over the course of the last four games. I think the Cubs will keep their bats going strong in game two.