White Sox aim to end road skid, take on the Royals

Chicago White Sox (10-26, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Kansas City Royals (21-16, third in the AL Central)

Kansas City, Missouri; Wednesday, 7:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Jonathan Cannon (2-3, 4.26 ERA, 1.45 WHIP, 32 strikeouts); Royals: Michael Wacha (1-4, 3.52 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 29 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Royals -224, White Sox +185; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox visit the Kansas City Royals looking to stop a three-game road slide.

Kansas City has gone 13-5 at home and 21-16 overall. The Royals have a 6-2 record in games decided by one run.

Chicago is 10-26 overall and 3-15 in road games. The White Sox have gone 4-1 in games when they hit two or more home runs.

Wednesday’s game is the third time these teams square off this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Maikel Garcia has nine doubles, four home runs and 15 RBIs while hitting .315 for the Royals. Salvador Perez is 14 for 37 with eight doubles over the last 10 games.

Luis Robert has five home runs, 20 walks and 15 RBIs while hitting .188 for the White Sox. Miguel Vargas is 11 for 35 with a home run and four RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Royals: 8-2, .268 batting average, 2.12 ERA, outscored opponents by 19 runs

White Sox: 4-6, .248 batting average, 3.65 ERA, outscored opponents by three runs

INJURIES: Royals: Alec Marsh: 60-Day IL (shoulder), James McArthur: 60-Day IL (elbow), Hunter Harvey: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Sam Long: 15-Day IL (elbow), Dairon Blanco: 10-Day IL (achilles), Kyle Wright: 15-Day IL (shoulder)

White Sox: Fraser Ellard: 15-Day IL (lat), Andrew Benintendi: day-to-day (calf), Gage Workman: 10-Day IL (hip), Martin Perez: 60-Day IL (forearm), Austin Slater: 10-Day IL (knee), Michael Tauchman: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Korey Lee: 10-Day IL (ankle), Drew Thorpe: 60-Day IL (elbow), Prelander Berroa: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jesse Scholtens: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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