{"id":4517,"date":"2009-05-30T06:46:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-30T11:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/white-sox-royals-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-30T06:46:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-30T11:46:00","slug":"white-sox-royals-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/white-sox-royals-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"White Sox-Royals Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Kansas City Royals will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Saturday when they take on the Chicago White Sox at Kauffman Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The White Sox will give the ball to ace starter Mark<\/st2:GivenName> Buehrle<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> Buehrle<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 6-1 this season with a 2.59 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Meanwhile, it’ll be ace Gil<\/st2:GivenName> Meche<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> who starts for the Royals. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Meche<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 2-5 with a 4.55 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The White Sox scored six runs in the sixth inning to earn a 11-2 victory over the Royals on Friday, as a +110 underdog. The 13 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Josh<\/st2:GivenName> Fields<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-5 at the plate with two RBIs for the White Sox. Clayton<\/st2:GivenName> Richard<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed the win, giving up six hits and two runs over seven innings. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Billy<\/st2:GivenName> Butler<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> cracked a two-run homer in a losing effort for the White Sox, who had been -130 favorites. Brian<\/st2:GivenName> Bannister<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed nine this and seven runs over five innings for the victory. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>: 22-25 SU
Kansas City: 23-25 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chicago most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 4-6
Before playing Kansas City are 4-6
After playing Kansas City are 3-7
After a win are 3-7<\/p>\n

Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 4-6
Before playing Chi White Sox are 5-5
After playing Chi White Sox are 7-3
After a loss are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Chi White Sox are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games
Chi White Sox are 4-11 SU in their last 15 games on the road
Chi White Sox are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing Kansas City
Kansas City is 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing Chi White Sox
Kansas City is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games
Kansas City is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Chi White Sox, Sunday, May 31<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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The Kansas City Royals will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Saturday when they take on the Chicago White Sox at Kauffman Stadium. The White Sox will give the ball to ace starter Mark Buehrle in this one. Lefthander Buehrle is 6-1 this season with a 2.59 ERA. Meanwhile, it’ll be ace Gil … Continue reading White Sox-Royals Odds Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4517\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}