Saturday evening at the Kauffman Stadium, the Chicago White Sox (27-72) will visit the Kansas City Royals (53-45) in the hope of ending their streak of five consecutive defeats. First pitch is set for 7.10 p.m. ET, and after the Royals’ 7-1 victory on Friday evening, nobody is looking past a repeat performance, a repeat result, and another reverse to make it six in a row for the White Sox.
It will come as no surprise to anyone that the team that is favoured where the moneyline is concerned, as the White Sox visit the Royals, is the latter. A combination of a 7-1 win and a terrible run of form where the White Sox have dropped five straight sees them -213 to win, which is quite something. On the other side of the coin, the White Sox are available at +175, but whether that is appealing enough for the majority remains to be seen. The Royals will send out Brady Singer (5-6) as their starting pitcher, while that duty falls to Jonathan Cannon (1-3) for the White Sox.
A quick look back at yesterday’s 7-1 win for the Royals over the White Sox saw Michael Wacha being the man to get the win, alongside Bobby Witt Jr., who went three-for-three with a homer and two RBI, to lead the way offensively. It was Chris Flexen who took the loss for the White Sox, their fifth in a row. The White Sox and their fans will hope to stop the rot on Saturday evening.
Betting Insights
- The Royals have been favoured thirty-seven times this season and have collected twenty-five victories, which represents a win percentage of 67.6.
- When the Royals were selected as favourites of -236 or more, which was twice this season, they won both games.
- The moneyline implies that the Royals are very likely victors on Saturday evening, with a probability as high as 70.2%.
- The White Sox are usually underdogs and have been ninety-two times this year. They’ve picked up twenty-three wins, which is a 25% win rate.
- The White Sox have been installed at least +192 or worse twenty-one times this term, winning on three occasions.
- The moneyline doesn’t hold out much hope for the White Sox heading into this one, as the implied likelihood of a victory for the team visiting is 34.2%.
The Prediction
Where do you begin? With the 7-1 result in favour of the Royals yesterday or the White Sox’s five-game losing streak? In short, both are key bits of helpful information that strongly suggest that you can’t or that there’s no point in looking past a second Royals win in a row.
Our instant prediction is a Royals win and some daylight in the scoreline, perhaps 5-3 in favour of the Royals. It’ll sadly be more disappointment for the White Sox, and five reverses in a row could soon be six and then seven. However, we do predict that there will be under nine runs based on the 7-1, which could be something.
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