White Sox host the Royals, look to continue home win streak

Kansas City Royals (19-24, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Chicago White Sox (21-21, second in the AL Central)

Chicago; Thursday, 7:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Kris Bubic (3-1, 3.50 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 47 strikeouts); White Sox: Anthony Kay (2-1, 4.89 ERA, 1.57 WHIP, 25 strikeouts)

LINE: Royals -138, White Sox +117; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox will try to keep their four-game home win streak alive when they play the Kansas City Royals.

Chicago has an 11-9 record at home and a 21-21 record overall. The White Sox have the ninth-ranked team ERA in the AL at 4.28.

Kansas City has a 19-24 record overall and a 6-14 record in road games. Royals pitchers have a collective 4.39 ERA, which ranks 10th in the AL.

The matchup Thursday is the seventh time these teams square off this season. The White Sox hold a 4-2 advantage in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Chase Meidroth has a .273 batting average to lead the White Sox, and has nine doubles and three home runs. Sam Antonacci is 11 for 35 with two RBIs over the last 10 games.

Bobby Witt Jr. leads the Royals with seven home runs while slugging .506. Vinnie Pasquantino is 12 for 41 with a double, a home run and five RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: White Sox: 6-4, .255 batting average, 3.83 ERA, outscored opponents by six runs

Royals: 5-5, .241 batting average, 3.99 ERA, outscored opponents by four runs

INJURIES: White Sox: Everson Pereira: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Kyle Teel: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Drew Thorpe: 60-Day IL (elbow), Austin Hays: 10-Day IL (calf), Tanner Murray: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Brooks Baldwin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Mike Vasil: 60-Day IL (elbow), Prelander Berroa: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Royals: Bailey Falter: 15-Day IL (elbow), Cole Ragans: 15-Day IL (elbow), Carlos Estevez: 15-Day IL (foot), Jonathan India: 10-Day IL (shoulder), James McArthur: 60-Day IL (elbow), Alec Marsh: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.