Friday, July 18, 2008

Royals-White Sox Who Will Cover?

The Kansas City Royals and the Chicago White Sox will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at U.S. Cellular Field.

The Royals will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Zach Greinke in this game. Greinke has a 7-5 record and a 3.48 ERA this season.

It'll be ace Mark Buehrle toeing the rubber for the White Sox in this contest. Lefthander Buehrle is 6-8 with a 3.68 ERA so far this season.

NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the White Sox listed as 154-moneyline favorites versus the Royals, while the game's total has not yet been posted.

The Royals lost to Seattle 4-3 as a -115 favorite on Sunday. The seven runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (10).

Mike Aviles was 3-4 with two RBI for the Royals and Kyle Davies gave up three runs on six hits in seven innings

The White Sox lost to Texas 12-11 as a +110 underdog on Sunday. The 23 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (10.5).

Jermaine Dye was 4-5 with a home run and three RBI for the White Sox and Orlando Cabrera was 3-6 with three RBI.

Team records:
Kansas City: 43-53 SU
Chicago: 54-40 SU

Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Friday are 9-1
Before playing Chi White Sox are 3-7
After playing Seattle are 3-7
After a loss are 5-5

Chicago most recently:
When playing on Friday are 6-4
Before playing Kansas City are 7-3
After playing Texas are 5-5
After a loss are 5-5

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Kansas City's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Kansas City's last 15 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Kansas City's last 6 games when playing Chi White Sox
Kansas City is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Chi White Sox are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Kansas City
Chi White Sox are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games when playing Kansas City
Chi White Sox are 11-2 SU in their last 13 games at home
Chi White Sox are 12-5 SU in their last 17 games

Next up:
Chi White Sox home to Kansas City, Saturday, July 19

 

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