Friday, April 24, 2015

U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago

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Probable Pitchers: (L) Duffy, D (1-0) vs. (L) Quintana, J (1-1)

The Kansas City Royals take on the Chicago White Sox on Friday at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago.

The Royals are 5-0 in their last 5 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600 and 7-2 in their last 9 during game 2 of a series. They are 4-1 in Duffy's last 5 starts and 16-5 in Duffy's last 21 starts vs. a team with a losing record. The over is 5-1 in the Royals last 6 road games vs. a team with a losing record and 4-1 in their last 5 road games.

The White Sox are 6-1 in their last 7 home games vs. a team with a road winning % of greater than .600 and 4-1 in their last 5 home games. They are 4-9 in Quintana's last 13 starts and 5-12 in Quintana's last 17 starts vs. American League Central. The over is 13-3-2 in the White Sox last 18 home games vs. a team with a road winning % of greater than .600 and 8-3 in their last 11 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600.

Head-to-head, the over is 4-0 in Duffys last 4 starts vs. White Sox and 4-1 in the last 5 meetings. The Royals are 4-1 in Duffy's last 5 starts vs. White Sox and 21-7 in the last 28 meetings in Chicago.

Kansas City Royals Betting Trends

The Kansas City Royals are 8-6-1 against the over/under

The run differential for the Kansas City Royals is 2.1

Chicago White Sox Betting Trends

The Chicago White Sox are 6-8-0 against the over/under

The run differential for the Chicago White Sox is -0.8

Injuries to Watch

Kansas City Royals

04/22/15 2B Omar Infante Groin "?" Thursday vs. Chicago White Sox
04/18/15 P Greg Holland Pectoral 15-day DL (4/17)
04/15/15 RF Alex Rios Hand 15-day DL (4/14)
04/06/15 P Luke Hochevar Elbow 15-day DL (4/6)
04/06/15 P Tim Collins Elbow 15-day DL (4/6)
04/04/15 P Kris Medlen Elbow 60-day DL (3/07)

Chicago White Sox

04/20/15 P Javy Guerra Arm 15-day DL (4/20)
04/06/15 P Jacob Petricka Forearm 15-day DL (3/27)
04/04/15 P Nate Jones Elbow 60-day DL (3/27)

Josh's Pick: Take Chicago

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