Royals-White Sox Odds Preview

The Kansas City Royals and the Chicago White Sox will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at U.S. Cellular Field.

Brian Bannister will be the starting pitcher for the Royals on this day. Righthander Bannister is 7-9 this season with a 4.20 ERA.

It’ll be ace Mark Buehrle toeing the rubber for the White Sox in this contest. Lefthander Buehrle is 11-6 with a 3.70 ERA so far this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the White Sox listed as 245-moneyline favorites versus the Royals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.

The Royals defeated Detroit 3-2 as a +175 underdog on Sunday. The five runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9.5).

Willie Bloomquist had an RBI for Kansas City and David DeJesus scored a pair of runs in the win

The White Sox lost to Oakland 3-2 as a -130 favorite on Sunday. The five runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (8.5).

Scott Podsednik had an RBI and a run scored for Chicago, while John Danks allowed two runs on eight hits in 7 1-3 innings.

Team records:
Kansas City: 46-71 SU
Chicago: 60-58 SU

Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Monday are 4-6
Before playing Chi White Sox are 4-6
After playing Detroit are 4-6
After a win are 1-9

Chicago most recently:
When playing on Monday are 6-4
Before playing Kansas City are 5-5
After playing Oakland are 5-5
After a loss are 6-4

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Kansas City’s last 6 games when playing on the road against Chi White Sox
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Kansas City’s last 13 games
Kansas City is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games on the road
Kansas City is 6-12 SU in its last 18 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi White Sox’s last 6 games when playing at home against Kansas City
Chi White Sox are 10-4 SU in their last 14 games when playing at home against Kansas City
Chi White Sox are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games when playing Kansas City
Chi White Sox are 15-7 SU in their last 22 games at home

Next up:
Chi White Sox home to Kansas City, Tuesday, August 18