Chicago White Sox (81-76, second in the AL Central) vs. Kansas City Royals (67-90, fifth in the AL Central)
Kansas City, Missouri; Wednesday, 7:40 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Bryan Hudson (5-4, 3.03 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 59 strikeouts); Royals: Seth Lugo (7-9, 5.06 ERA, 1.46 WHIP, 131 strikeouts)
LINE: White Sox -118, Royals -103; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox take on the Kansas City Royals after Randal Grichuk had four hits on Tuesday in a 14-11 win over the Royals.
Kansas City has gone 39-37 in home games and 67-90 overall. The Royals have gone 38-73 in games when they have allowed a home run.
Chicago has an 81-76 record overall and a 35-44 record in road games. White Sox hitters have a collective .404 slugging percentage to rank ninth in MLB.
The teams play Wednesday for the 12th time this season. The White Sox are ahead 8-3 in the season series.
TOP PERFORMERS: Bobby Witt Jr. has 31 doubles, a triple and 18 home runs for the Royals. Vinnie Pasquantino is 11 for 34 with two doubles and four home runs over the last 10 games.
Chase Meidroth leads the White Sox with a .271 batting average, and has 29 doubles, 16 home runs, 61 walks and 63 RBIs. Grichuk is 13 for 35 with two home runs and seven RBIs over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Royals: 2-8, .231 batting average, 5.96 ERA, outscored by 17 runs
White Sox: 6-4, .226 batting average, 4.13 ERA, outscored opponents by 10 runs
INJURIES: Royals: James McArthur: 60-Day IL (elbow), Connor Seabold: 60-Day IL (lat), Carlos Estevez: 60-Day IL (foot), Stephen Kolek: 60-Day IL (flexor), Beck Way: 15-Day IL (back), Nick Mears: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Luinder Avila: 60-Day IL (forearm), Cole Ragans: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jonathan India: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alec Marsh: 60-Day IL (shoulder)
White Sox: Prelander Berroa: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tristan Peters: day-to-day (shoulder/ribs), Tanner Murray: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Leasure: 60-Day IL (flexor), Joey Bart: 10-Day IL (hand), Brooks Baldwin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Mike Vasil: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
