Sportsbooks don’t expect the Chicago White Sox (22-43), at +130 on the moneyline, to continue their three-game winning streak when they meet the Kansas City Royals (33-32), at -154, on Sunday at 2:10 p.m. ET. Kansas City has Michael Lorenzen starting things off, while Chicago will counter with Mike Vasil.

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Royals vs. White Sox betting lines

• Favorite: Royals (-154)
• Underdog: White Sox (+130)
• Over/under: 8.5

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have been favored on the moneyline 26 total times this season. They’ve finished 13-13 in those games.
• In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -154 or shorter, Kansas City has a 7-3 record (winning 70% of its games).
• The Royals have an implied moneyline win probability of 60.6% in this contest.
• Kansas City has played in 65 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 25 times (25-39-1).
• The Royals have put together a 35-30-0 record ATS this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. has 22 doubles, three triples, seven home runs and 23 walks while hitting .289.
• Witt ranks 102nd in home runs and 44th in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
• Witt has hit safely in six games in a row. In his last 10 games he is hitting .263 with two doubles, two home runs, four walks and seven RBIs.
• Maikel Garcia has a club-leading .310 batting average.
• Garcia ranks 102nd in homers and 76th in RBI this season.
• Garcia heads into this matchup on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .250 with a double, two home runs, three walks and five RBIs.
• Vinnie Pasquantino leads the Royals in home runs (10) and runs batted in (38).
• Pasquantino heads into this game on an eight-game hitting streak. During his last 10 outings he is hitting .389 with a double, two home runs, five walks and eight RBIs.
• Jonathan India is batting .240 with 10 doubles, two home runs and 26 walks.

Royals pitching rankings

• The 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Royals pitching staff ranks 16th in MLB.
• Kansas City’s 3.29 team ERA ranks fifth across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Royals pitchers combine for the No. 9 WHIP in the majors (1.202).
• The Royals allow the ninth-fewest home runs in baseball (63 total, 1.0 per game).
• Kansas City struck out nine White Sox batters while allowing nine hits in a 4-1 loss in its last game.

White Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

White Sox betting info

• The White Sox have entered the game as underdogs 65 times this season and won 22, or 33.8%, of those games.
• This season, Chicago has won 18 of its 55 games, or 32.7%, when it’s the underdog by at least +130 on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win by the White Sox, based on the moneyline, is 43.5%.
• Chicago and its opponents have hit the over in 29 of its 65 games with a total this season.
• The White Sox are 38-27-0 against the spread this season.

White Sox hitting info

• Miguel Vargas leads Chicago in home runs with eight and runs batted in with 26.
• Vargas’ home run total ranks 81st in the majors, and he is 103rd in RBI.
• Chase Meidroth has 45 hits and an OBP of .386 to go with a slugging percentage of .373 this season.
• Meidroth is 255th in homers and 295th in RBI among all hitters in the major leagues.
• Andrew Benintendi is slashing .246/.318/.435 this season for the White Sox.
• Benintendi takes a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is hitting .278 with four doubles, two walks and an RBI.
• Luis Robert has collected 36 hits this season and has an OBP of .270. He’s slugging .286 on the year.

White Sox pitching rankings

• The White Sox average just 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in the majors.
• Chicago has pitched to a 4.09 ERA this season, which ranks 21st in baseball.
• The White Sox have a combined WHIP of 1.366 as a pitching staff, which ranks 23rd in MLB.
• The White Sox have allowed the 18th-fewest home runs this season with 70, or 1.1 per game.
• Last time out, Chicago defeated the Royals, 4-1, with nine strikeouts and eight hits allowed.