The Kansas City Royals (60-61) will look to Vinnie Pasquantino, who is on a two-game home run streak, when they square off against the Chicago White Sox (44-77). The Royals are favored on the moneyline (-191) for this matchup against the White Sox (+158), which starts at 8:10 p.m. ET on Friday at Kauffman Stadium. Kansas City’s Noah Cameron and Chicago’s Aaron Civale pitch first for their squads in this matchup.

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Royals vs. White Sox betting lines

• Favorite: Royals (-191)
• Underdog: White Sox (+158)
• Over/under: 9

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have won 56.2% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (27-21).
• Kansas City has played in nine games as moneyline favorites with odds of -191 or shorter and won every time.
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Royals have an implied win probability of 65.6%.
• Kansas City has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 53 times this season for a 53-67-1 record against the over/under.
• The Royals are 63-58-0 ATS this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. is batting .288 with 37 doubles, four triples, 17 home runs and 40 walks.
• In MLB action, Witt ranks 66th in homers and 34th in RBI.
• Witt heads into this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .316 with a home run, two walks and three RBIs.
• Maikel Garcia is batting .302 to lead his team.
• Garcia ranks 142nd in home runs among hitters in MLB and 96th in RBI.
• Pasquantino leads the Royals with 22 home runs and 80 runs batted in.
• Pasquantino has hit safely in two games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .238 with two doubles, three home runs, a walk and 11 RBIs.
• Salvador Perez is batting .243 with 28 doubles, 21 home runs and 21 walks.

Royals pitching rankings

• The 8.0 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Royals pitching staff ranks 23rd in MLB.
• Kansas City’s 3.67 team ERA ranks fourth among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Royals average baseball’s 11th-ranked WHIP (1.243).
• Royals pitchers combine to surrender the seventh-fewest home runs in baseball (123 total, 1.0 per game).
• Kansas City struck out six Nationals batters while giving up 10 hits in an 8-7 loss in its last game.

White Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

White Sox betting info

• This season, the White Sox have won 43 out of the 119 games, or 36.1%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Chicago is 14-39 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +158 or more on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win by the White Sox, based on the moneyline, is 38.8%.
• Chicago’s games have gone over the total in 53 of its 121 chances.
• The White Sox have an ATS record of 70-51-0 in 121 games with a spread this season.

White Sox hitting info

• Miguel Vargas is batting .226 with 13 home runs and 44 RBI for Chicago this season.
• Vargas’ home run total ranks 112th in the big leagues, and he is 138th in RBI.
• Andrew Benintendi’s 14 home runs are most among Chicago batters. He’s driven in 45 runs this season while slugging .406.
• Benintendi is 99th among hitters in the majors in homers, and 129th in RBI.
• Luis Robert has collected 76 base hits, an OBP of .302 and a slugging percentage of .358 this season.
• Robert brings a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is batting .158 with a double, a walk and an RBI.
• Lenyn Sosa leads Chicago in home runs with 14, runs batted in with 48 and his batting average of .273 is also best on his team.

White Sox pitching rankings

• The White Sox strike out 7.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 25th in MLB.
• Chicago pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.13 ERA this year, which ranks 18th in MLB.
• The White Sox rank 25th in MLB with a combined 1.365 WHIP this season.
• The White Sox have allowed the ninth-fewest home runs this season at just 130, or 1.1 per game.
• Last time out, Chicago fell to the Tigers 1-0. Its pitchers compiled nine strikeouts and five hits allowed.