Including his no-hitter on May 7, Mike Fiers has been a borderline Cy Young candidate for the A’s. Chicago In each of his last 18 starts since April 26, Fiers has allowed three earned runs or fewer. He also has gone at least five innings in every start and six or more in 15 of them.

Ross Detwiler will oppose him Friday afternoon on the South Side of Chicago for a White Sox team that has struggled to have anyone other than Lucas Giolito keep an ERA under 5.00 in starts. However, since the All-Star break, the White Sox rank eighth in the league in bullpen ERA and have the second-lowest home run per fly ball rate. The team also has scored the fewest runs per game on offense since the break with 3.6 per game.

With a solid bullpen and a nonexistent offense for the White Sox and Fiers being one of the most consistently good pitchers in baseball since late April, it should result in low-scoring affair and give value to keeping the total Under.

The play: A’s-White Sox, Under 10 runs.