The Kansas City Royals (22-16) ride a five-game win streak into a home matchup against the Chicago White Sox (10-27) on Thursday at 2:10 p.m. ET. The Royals are favored (-245) over the White Sox (+201). Kansas City’s Kris Bubic and Chicago’s Davis Martin pitch first for their squads in this matchup.

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Royals vs. White Sox betting lines

• Favorite: Royals (-245)
• Underdog: White Sox (+201)
• Over/under: 8

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have a 12-4 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 75% of those games).
• Kansas City has played three times as moneyline favorites with odds of -245 or shorter, and claimed a victory in each game.
• The Royals have an implied moneyline win probability of 71% in this matchup.
• Kansas City has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 12 times this season for a 12-25-1 record against the over/under.
• The Royals have a 19-19-0 record ATS this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. has 14 doubles, five home runs and 15 walks while hitting .308.
• Witt’s home runs rank 64th in MLB and he ranks 39th in RBI in MLB.
• Witt has hit safely in four games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .286 with two doubles, two home runs, a walk and six RBIs.
• Maikel Garcia has a club-high .323 batting average.
• Garcia currently ranks 99th in home runs and 109th in RBI in the majors.
• Vinnie Pasquantino paces the Royals in home runs (six) and runs batted in (22).
• Pasquantino enters this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .400 with a double, two home runs, a walk and two RBIs.
• Salvador Perez is hitting .233 with 12 doubles, two home runs and eight walks.

Royals pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Royals has a collective 8.1 K/9, which ranks 17th in MLB.
• Kansas City has the second-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (2.99).
• The Royals have the sixth-lowest WHIP in baseball (1.187).
• Royals pitchers combine to allow the eighth-fewest home runs in baseball (33 total, 0.9 per game).
• In its 2-1 win last time out, Kansas City struck out 10 White Sox batters while allowing six hits.

White Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

White Sox betting info

• This season, the White Sox have been the underdog 37 times and won 10, or 27%, of those games.
• Chicago has entered 10 games this season as the underdog by +201 or more and is 1-9 in those contests.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 33.2% chance of a victory for the White Sox.
• So far this season, Chicago and its opponents have hit the over in 17 of its 37 games with a total.
• The White Sox are 20-17-0 against the spread this season.

White Sox hitting info

• Luis Robert leads Chicago in home runs with five and runs batted in with 16.
• Among all hitters in the majors, Robert’s home run total is 64th, and his RBI total is 92nd.
• Miguel Vargas has 29 hits and an OBP of .320 to go with a slugging percentage of .333 this season.
• Vargas ranks 190th in homers and 161st in RBI among all major league hitters this year.
• Matthew Thaiss is slashing .233/.397/.350 this season for the White Sox.
• Thaiss has hit safely in two straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .286 with four walks.
• Brooks Baldwin has collected 26 hits this season and has an OBP of .282. He’s slugging .385 on the year.
• Baldwin has safely hit in three games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .308 with a walk and an RBI.

White Sox pitching rankings

• The White Sox have a 7.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 25th in the majors.
• Chicago has pitched to a 4.08 ERA this season, which ranks 18th in baseball.
• White Sox pitchers have a 1.379 WHIP this season, 23rd in the majors.
• The White Sox have allowed the 19th-fewest home runs this season with 41, or 1.1 per game.
• Last time out, Chicago fell to the Royals 2-1. Its pitchers compiled three strikeouts and 10 hits allowed.