White Sox host the Royals on home losing streak

Wed, Jul 31, 2024
MLB News (AP)

Kansas City Royals (59-49, third in the AL Central) vs. Chicago White Sox (27-83, fifth in the AL Central)

Chicago; Wednesday, 2:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Brady Singer (7-6, 2.82 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 111 strikeouts); White Sox: Drew Thorpe (3-2, 4.81 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 25 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Royals -196, White Sox +163; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox aim to break their nine-game home slide with a victory over the Kansas City Royals.

Chicago has a 17-39 record in home games and a 27-83 record overall. The White Sox are 9-14 in games when they hit at least two home runs.

Kansas City is 59-49 overall and 23-27 in road games. The Royals have a 21-9 record in games when they hit two or more home runs.

The teams meet Wednesday for the 13th time this season. The Royals are ahead 11-1 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Andrew Vaughn has 13 home runs, 25 walks and 48 RBI while hitting .234 for the White Sox. Nicky Lopez is 7-for-28 with a triple and an RBI over the past 10 games.

Maikel Garcia has 18 doubles, five triples, six home runs and 45 RBI for the Royals. Hunter Renfroe is 10-for-32 with two doubles and three home runs over the last 10 games.

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LAST 10 GAMES: White Sox: 0-10, .198 batting average, 5.64 ERA, outscored by 34 runs

Royals: 6-4, .284 batting average, 4.20 ERA, outscored opponents by nine runs

INJURIES: White Sox: Max Stassi: 60-Day IL (hip), Jordan Leasure: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Mike Soroka: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Dominic Leone: 60-Day IL (right elbow), Mike Clevinger: 15-Day IL (elbow), Yoan Moncada: 60-Day IL (abductor), Jimmy Lambert: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Matt Foster: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jesse Scholtens: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Royals: John Schreiber: 15-Day IL (knee), Hunter Harvey: day-to-day (back), Dan Altavilla: 60-Day IL (oblique), Josh Taylor: 60-Day IL (biceps), Kyle Wright: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.