Royals-White Sox Odds Preview

The Kansas City Royals and the Chicago White Sox will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at U.S. Cellular Field. Brian Bannister will be the starting pitcher for the Royals on this day. Righthander Bannister is 7-9 this season with a 4.20 ERA. It'll be ace Mark Buehrle toeing the rubber for the White Sox in this contest. Lefthander Buehrle is 11-6 with a 3.70 ERA so far this season. Oddsmakers currently have the White Sox listed as 245-moneyline favorites versus the Royals, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Royals defeated Detroit 3-2 as a +175 underdog on Sunday. The five runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9.5). Willie Bloomquist had an RBI for Kansas City and David DeJesus scored a pair of runs in the win The White Sox lost to Oakland 3-2 as a -130 favorite on Sunday. The five runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (8.5). Scott Podsednik had an RBI and a run scored for Chicago, while John Danks allowed two runs on eight hits in 7 1-3 innings. Team records: Kansas City: 46-71 SU Chicago: 60-58 SU Kansas City most recently: When playing on Monday are 4-6 Before playing Chi White Sox are 4-6 After playing Detroit are 4-6 After a win are 1-9 Chicago most recently: When playing on Monday are 6-4 Before playing Kansas City are 5-5 After playing Oakland are 5-5 After a loss are 6-4 A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Kansas City's last 6 games when playing on the road against Chi White Sox The total has gone OVER in 9 of Kansas City's last 13 games Kansas City is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games on the road Kansas City is 6-12 SU in its last 18 games The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi White Sox's last 6 games when playing at home against Kansas City Chi White Sox are 10-4 SU in their last 14 games when playing at home against Kansas City Chi White Sox are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games when playing Kansas City Chi White Sox are 15-7 SU in their last 22 games at home Next up: Chi White Sox home to Kansas City, Tuesday, August 18