At Guaranteed Rate Field on Tuesday, the Chicago White Sox (15 consecutive defeats) take on the Kansas City Royals at 8:10 PM ET.
The Royals are the road favorite (-189) versus the White Sox (+158). The Royals will start Michael Wacha (7-6) versus the White Sox and Jonathan Cannon (1-5).
These clubs play again following the Royals’ 8-5 victory over the White Sox yesterday. Chris Stratton (1.2 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 1 K) earned the win for the Royals. Bobby Witt Jr. went 4-for-5 with a double, a home run and four RBI to lead the team on offense. John Brebbia (0.1 IP, 3 R, 1 H, 0 K) was credited with the loss on the mound for the White Sox.
Here’s what you need to get ready for Tuesday’s Royals vs. White Sox contest, including viewing options.
Kansas City Royals vs. Chicago White Sox odds and betting lines
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Tuesday at 3:16 PM ET. For a full list of Sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.
- Favorite: Royals (-189, bet $189 to win $100)
- Underdog: White Sox (+158, bet $100 to win $158)
- Over/under: 9
Royals vs. White Sox: Live streaming info & game time
- Game Day: Tuesday, July 30, 2024
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Guaranteed Rate Field
- TV Channel: Bally Sports
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)
Royals stats and trends
Royals betting records
- The Royals have won 30, or 65.2%, of the 46 games they’ve played as favorites this season.
- Kansas City has a record of 11-2, a 84.6% win rate, when favored by -189 or more by bookmakers this season.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 65.4% chance of a victory for the Royals.
- So far this season, Kansas City and its opponents have hit the over in 45 of 107 games with a total.
- The Royals are 60-47-0 against the spread this season.
Michael Wacha (Royals probable starter)
- Wacha (7-6 with a 3.65 ERA and 86 strikeouts in 101 2/3 innings pitched) makes the start for the Royals, his 19th of the season.
- In his most recent time out on Thursday, the righty went 4 2/3 innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks, allowing three earned runs while surrendering six hits.
- The 33-year-old has an ERA of 3.65, with 7.7 strikeouts per nine innings, in 18 games this season. Opposing hitters have a .247 batting average against him.
- Wacha has registered eight quality starts this season.
- Wacha has put up 15 starts this campaign in which he pitched five or more innings.
- In two of his appearances this season he did not surrender an earned run.
- He will take the hill against a White Sox offense that ranks 29th in MLB with 785 total hits (on a .218 batting average). The squad also slugs a collective .344 (30th in MLB) with 92 total home runs (28th in MLB).
- Wacha has thrown 20 innings, giving up two earned runs on 10 hits while striking out 19 against the White Sox this season.
Royals batting stats
- The Royals’ 111 home runs rank 19th in Major League Baseball.
- Fueled by 314 extra-base hits, Kansas City ranks 11th in MLB with a .410 slugging percentage this season.
- The Royals’ .252 batting average is among the best in baseball, ranking 10th in MLB.
- Kansas City has scored 498 runs this season, which ranks 10th in MLB.
- The Royals have the 18th-ranked on-base percentage in MLB this season (.310).
- No team has fewer strikeouts this season than Kansas City, whose batters have struck out only 6.8 times per game on average.
White Sox stats and trends
White Sox betting records
- The White Sox have won in 23, or 22.5%, of the 102 contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs this year.
- This season, Chicago has been victorious eight times in 51 chances when named as an underdog of at least +158 or longer on the moneyline.
- The White Sox have an implied victory probability of 38.8% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- Chicago and its opponents have hit the over in 49 of its 109 games with a total set by oddsmakers this season.
- The White Sox have posted a record of 46-62-0 against the spread this season.
Jonathan Cannon (White Sox probable starter)
- Cannon (1-5) takes the mound first for the White Sox in his 11th start of the season. He’s put together a 4.43 ERA in 63 2/3 innings pitched, with 44 strikeouts.
- His most recent appearance was on Thursday against the Texas Rangers, when the right-hander went six innings, surrendering two earned runs while giving up eight hits.
- In 12 games this season, the 24-year-old has put up a 4.43 ERA and 6.3 strikeouts per nine innings, while allowing a batting average of .281 to his opponents.
- Cannon is looking to collect his fifth quality start of the season in this matchup.
- Cannon will try to build upon a six-game streak of pitching five or more innings (he’s averaging 5.3 innings per appearance).
- In two of his appearances this season he did not surrender an earned run.
- The opposing Royals offense has a collective .252 batting average, and is 12th in the league with 894 total hits and 10th in MLB play with 498 runs scored. They have the 11th-ranked slugging percentage (.410) and are 19th in all of MLB with 111 home runs.
- Cannon has thrown 11 innings, giving up five earned runs on 11 hits while striking out seven against the Royals this season.
White Sox batting stats
- The White Sox have hit 92 home runs this season, the third-lowest total in baseball.
- This season, Chicago has the lowest slugging percentage in the majors (.344).
- The White Sox have the second-worst batting average in the majors (.218).
- The offense for Chicago is No. 30 in MLB play scoring 3.1 runs per game (335 total runs).
- The White Sox’s .278 on-base percentage is the worst in baseball.
