Royals-White Sox Preview

The Kansas City Royals and the Chicago White Sox will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at U.S. Cellular Field.
The Royals will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Brian Bannister in this game. Bannister has a 7-10 record and a 5.37 ERA this season.
It’ll be Javier Vazquez toeing the rubber for the White Sox in this contest. Righthander Vazquez is 8-10 with a 4.95 ERA so far this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the White Sox listed as 170-moneyline favorites versus the Royals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
The Royals defeated Minnesota 5-4 as a -105 favorite on Sunday. The nine runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (8).
Tony Pena Jr. delivered an RBI single in the bottom of the 12th inning for Kansas City, while Mark Teahen was 3-5 with three runs scored in the win.
John Danks took the loss on Monday night as the White Sox fell by a final score of 5-1 to the Red Sox.
The Red Sox were winners as -142 road favorites in that contest, while the combined score went UNDER the day’s posted total (8.5).
Team records:
Kansas City: 54-64 SU
Chicago: 65-52 SU
Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 5-5
Before playing Chi White Sox are 4-6
After playing Minnesota are 5-5
After a win are 6-4

Chicago most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 5-5
Before playing Kansas City are 6-4
After playing Boston are 2-8
After a loss are 6-4

A few trends to consider:
Kansas City is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Kansas City’s last 6 games when playing Chi White Sox
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Kansas City’s last 6 games when playing on the road against Chi White Sox
Kansas City is 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing Chi White Sox
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chi White Sox’s last 6 games when playing Kansas City
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chi White Sox’s last 6 games when playing at home against Kansas City
Chi White Sox are 6-2 SU in their last 8 games when playing at home against Kansas City
Chi White Sox are 17-8 SU in their last 25 games at home
Next up:
Chi White Sox home to Kansas City, Wednesday, August 13

 

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