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The Chicago White Sox (27-72) hope to avoid their sixth straight defeat when they visit the Kansas City Royals (53-45) Saturday at 7:10 PM ET on NBCS-CHI. The Royals are listed as -213 favorites, while the White Sox are +175 underdogs as they try to snap their losing skid. Kansas City’s Brady Singer and Chicago’s Jonathan Cannon have been named the starters for this contest.
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Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $29.39
Royals to win vs White Sox -213
Royals vs. White Sox Betting Lines
- Favorite: Royals (-213)
- Underdog: White Sox (+175)
- Over/under: 9
Royals vs. White Sox Betting Insights
- The Royals have been victorious in 25, or 67.6%, of the 37 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
- Kansas City has not lost in four games when named as a moneyline favorite of -213 or better.
- The Royals have an implied victory probability of 68.1% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.
- The White Sox are 23-69 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 25% of those games).
- When playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +175 or longer, Chicago has a 6-27 record (winning only 18.2% of its games).
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, the White Sox’s implied win probability is 36.4%.
Royals vs. White Sox Hitting Leaders
- Bobby Witt Jr. leads Kansas City in batting average (.328), home runs (17) and runs batted in (65) this season.
- Witt’s home runs rank him 25th in Major League Baseball, and he ranks 10th in RBI.
- Vinnie Pasquantino has 83 hits and an OBP of .307 to go with a slugging percentage of .418 this season.
- Andrew Vaughn has racked up a team-high batting average of .235 while leading the White Sox in runs batted in (43).
- In all of MLB, Vaughn ranks 91st in homers and 77th in RBI.
- Gavin Sheets has 19 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 35 walks while hitting .225.
Royals vs. White Sox Pitching Rankings
- The Royals average the 22nd-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.3) in the league this season.
- Royals pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.77 this year, ninth-best in baseball.
- The Royals rank 18th in MLB with a combined 1.271 WHIP this season.
- The White Sox pitching staff ranks 14th in the majors with a collective 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Chicago’s 4.61 team ERA ranks 27th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The White Sox average MLB’s second-worst WHIP (1.372).