Saturday, July 19, 2008

Royals-White Sox Vegas Betting Odds

The Kansas City Royals will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Saturday when they take on the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field.

The Royals will give the ball to ace starter Gil Meche in this one. Righthander Meche is 6-9 this season with a 4.64 ERA.

Starting this game for the White Sox will be Gavin Floyd. The righthander has a 3.63 ERA to go along with a 10-5 record this season.

NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the White Sox listed as 155-moneyline favorites versus the Royals, while the game's total has not yet been posted.

The White Sox scored six runs in the first inning on Friday, as they defeated the Royals 9-5. The White Sox won the game as -150 favorites, while the 14 runs sailed OVER the posted over/under (8).

Jermaine Dye went 3-for-4 with two RBIs for the White Sox. Mark Buehrle allowed four runs off four hits over seven innings in the loss.

Billy Butler hit a three-run homer and finished with four RBIs for the Royals, who were +140 underdogs. Zack Greinke was rocked for seven runs off 11 hits over three innings in the loss.

Current streak:
Kansas City has lost 2 straight games.

Team records:
Kansas City: 43-54 SU
Chicago: 55-40 SU

Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 1-9
Before playing Chi White Sox are 3-7
After playing Chi White Sox are 3-7
After a loss are 4-6

Chicago most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing Kansas City are 6-4
After playing Kansas City are 8-2
After a win are 7-3

A few trends to consider:
Kansas City is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Kansas City is 1-8 SU in their last 9 games when playing Chi White Sox
Kansas City is 0-5 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against Chi White Sox
Chi White Sox are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Kansas City
Chi White Sox are 8-1 SU in their last 9 games when playing Kansas City
Chi White Sox are 12-2 SU in their last 14 games at home
Chi White Sox are 13-5 SU in their last 18 games

Next up:
Chi White Sox home to Kansas City, Sunday, July 20

 

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