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