Kansas City Royals (34-50, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Chicago White Sox (43-38, first in the AL Central)
Chicago; Sunday, 2:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Luinder Avila (3-3, 5.06 ERA, 1.62 WHIP, 39 strikeouts); White Sox: Anthony Kay (6-2, 4.24 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 63 strikeouts)
LINE: White Sox -142, Royals +116; over/under is 9 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals look to break a four-game skid with a victory over the Chicago White Sox.
Chicago is 43-38 overall and 28-13 at home. The White Sox are 30-11 in games when they scored five or more runs.
Kansas City has gone 15-28 on the road and 34-50 overall. Royals hitters are batting a collective .244, which ranks fifth in the AL.
The teams square off Sunday for the 10th time this season. The White Sox are ahead 7-2 in the season series.
TOP PERFORMERS: Colson Montgomery has 14 doubles, 20 home runs and 46 RBIs while hitting .225 for the White Sox. Sam Antonacci is 13 for 36 with two doubles and two home runs over the past 10 games.
Bobby Witt Jr. has 20 doubles, a triple and 10 home runs for the Royals. Carter Jensen is 15 for 40 with three doubles, three home runs and seven RBIs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: White Sox: 5-5, .262 batting average, 3.27 ERA, outscored opponents by 17 runs
Royals: 5-5, .254 batting average, 7.32 ERA, outscored by 16 runs
INJURIES: White Sox: Everson Pereira: 7-Day IL (concussion), Tyler Gilbert: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Noah Schultz: 15-Day IL (knee), Austin Hays: 60-Day IL (calf), Munetaka Murakami: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Jordan Leasure: 60-Day IL (flexor), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Drew Thorpe: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tanner Murray: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Brooks Baldwin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Mike Vasil: 60-Day IL (elbow), Prelander Berroa: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Royals: Nick Loftin: day-to-day (groin), Nick Mears: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Kris Bubic: 15-Day IL (elbow), James McArthur: 60-Day IL (elbow), Maikel Garcia: 10-Day IL (hand), Carlos Estevez: 60-Day IL (foot), Cole Ragans: 60-Day IL (elbow), Vinnie Pasquantino: 10-Day IL (hand), Kyle Isbel: 10-Day IL (foot), Jonathan India: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alec Marsh: 60-Day IL (shoulder)
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