Royals vs. White Sox Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – July 21, 2024

The Kansas City Royals (54-45) hope to complete a three-game sweep of the Chicago White Sox (27-73) when the teams meet at 2:10 PM ET Sunday. The Royals are -227 favorites to keep the White Sox out of the win column in the series. Seth Lugo takes the mound for Kansas City while Drew Thorpe is Chicago’s starter for the contest.

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Royals vs. White Sox Betting Lines

• Favorite: Royals (-227)
• Underdog: White Sox (+185)
• Over/under: 8.5

Royals vs. White Sox Betting Insights

• The Royals have been favorites in 38 games this season and have come away with the win 26 times (68.4%) in those contests.
• Kansas City has been a -227 moneyline favorite on four occasions this season and won every time.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Royals have a 69.4% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
• The White Sox have won 24.7% of the games this season they were the underdog on the moneyline (23-70).
• In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +185 or longer, Chicago has gone 4-23 (14.8%).
• The White Sox have an implied moneyline win probability of 35.1% in this matchup.

Royals vs. White Sox Hitting Leaders

• Bobby Witt Jr. leads Kansas City in batting average (.332), home runs (17) and runs batted in (66) this season.
• Among batters in baseball, Witt is 27th in homers and ninth in RBI.
• Vinnie Pasquantino is batting .244 with an OBP of .306 and a slugging percentage of .416 this season.
• Andrew Vaughn leads the White Sox in runs batted in (43) and has accumulated a team-best batting average of .235.
• Among all hitters in the majors, Vaughn is 92nd in homers and 79th 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 have an 8.4 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 21st in the majors.
• The Royals have pitched to a 3.74 ERA this season, which ranks eighth in baseball.
• Royals pitchers have a 1.270 WHIP this season, 17th in the majors.
• The 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the White Sox pitching staff ranks 14th in the majors.
• Chicago has the 28th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.61).
• The White Sox have the second-highest WHIP in MLB (1.373).