The Kansas City Royals and Chicago White Sox will play Saturday at Guaranteed Rate Field. First pitch is at 2:10 p.m. ET.
Kansas City (14-31 SU and 17-28 RL) will start right-hander Jordan Lyles tomorrow. The 32-year-old is 0-7 with a 7.14 ERA and 1.34 WHIP in nine starts.
Chicago (16-29 SU and 21-24 RL) will counter with righty Lucas Giolito. The 28-year-old is 2-3 with a 3.86 ERA and 1.12 WHIP in his nine outings.
The White Sox are -165 moneyline favorites and the game total is 9.
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KC is a bad team in a worse division. Will two teams finish above .500 in the AL Central this year? One way or another, this division race should be a close one.
The Royals score 4.04 runs (24th) and hit .234 (23rd) with a .686 OPS (27th). They've launched 44 long balls (22nd) and stolen 31 bases (13th) in 2023. The Kansas City pitching staff has posted a 5.26 ERA (28th) and a 1.45 WHIP (26th) with seven quality starts.
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Lyles will take the mound for KC in game two. The veteran righty is coming off consecutive losses and lasted just 2.1 innings in his most recent outing vs. Milwaukee. He pitched a complete game in his previous start, but it wasn't enough to lead his team to victory, as he surrendered four runs on six hits. That outing came against the White Sox, who he is 1-4 against in his career (eight appearances).