Royals vs White Sox Game Breakdown

Get ready to dial in to Guaranteed Rate Field tonight, where the surging Kansas City Royals, hot on the heels of their recent victory, are set to clash with the struggling Chicago White Sox in a showdown that promises more sparks than a Fourth of July fireworks display. With the Royals chasing glory just a few games shy of the top spot and the White Sox looking to shake off their underdog dust at 08:10 PM EST, the stakes are as high as the summer temperature. Betting enthusiasts and fantasy fiends alike are eyeing the 8.5 run line with bated breath, especially after yesterday’s scoreboard scorcher. As the sun sets with a gentle breeze in the Windy City, will the Royals continue their royal rampage, or will the White Sox find a way to clean up their act and throw a wrench in Kansas City’s plans? Tonight, it’s not just about baseball; it’s about pride and a chance to prove that in this game, every pitch counts. So, let’s see if the Royals can keep their crown polished or if the White Sox are ready to hang out the ‘royalty washed up here’ sign!

Game Breakdown

Game Time: July 30, 2024 08:10PM EST

Location: Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago

Weather: Sunny with winds from the NW at 2.5 mph. Temperature is at 83.5° with 54% humidity.

Vegas Odds

	KC ML	CWS ML	Over/Under	Line
Open	-188	+155	8.5	-1.5/1.5
Recent	-197	+162	9.0	-1.5/1.5
Difference	-9	+7	+0.5	–

Team Performance

LAST 10

6W-4L

AWAY

104W-185L

66.3% Win Probability

LAST 10

0W-10L

HOME

138W-158L

33.7% Win Probability

Previous Matchups

Date		Runs	O/U	O/U DIFF
09/04/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	1	Over	+4.5
09/04/23	Kansas City Royals KC	12	Over	+4.5
04/04/24	Chicago White Sox CWS	1	Over	+2.5
04/04/24	Kansas City Royals KC	10	Over	+2.5
04/05/24	Chicago White Sox CWS	1	Under	-5.5
04/05/24	Kansas City Royals KC	2	Under	-5.5
04/06/24	Chicago White Sox CWS	0	Under	-5.5
04/06/24	Kansas City Royals KC	3	Under	-5.5
04/07/24	Chicago White Sox CWS	3	Under	-0.5
04/07/24	Kansas City Royals KC	5	Under	-0.5
04/15/24	Kansas City Royals KC	2	Under	-6.5
04/15/24	Chicago White Sox CWS	0	Under	-6.5
04/17/24	Kansas City Royals KC	1	Under	-5.5
04/17/24	Chicago White Sox CWS	2	Under	-5.5
04/17/24	Kansas City Royals KC	4	Under	-2.5
04/17/24	Chicago White Sox CWS	2	Under	-2.5
07/19/24	Chicago White Sox CWS	1	Under	-0.5
07/19/24	Kansas City Royals KC	7	Under	-0.5
07/20/24	Chicago White Sox CWS	1	Under	-1.5
07/20/24	Kansas City Royals KC	6	Under	-1.5
07/21/24	Chicago White Sox CWS	1	Under	-3.5
07/21/24	Kansas City Royals KC	4	Under	-3.5
07/29/24	Kansas City Royals KC	8	Over	+4.5
07/29/24	Chicago White Sox CWS	5	Over	+4.5
05/08/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	5	Over	+8.5
05/08/23	Kansas City Royals KC	12	Over	+8.5
05/09/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	4	Under	-2.5
05/09/23	Kansas City Royals KC	2	Under	-2.5
05/10/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	1	Over	+1.5
05/10/23	Kansas City Royals KC	9	Over	+1.5
05/11/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	3	Under	-1.5
05/11/23	Kansas City Royals KC	4	Under	-1.5
05/19/23	Kansas City Royals KC	0	Under	-6.5
05/19/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	2	Under	-6.5
05/20/23	Kansas City Royals KC	1	Under	-2.5
05/20/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	5	Under	-2.5
05/21/23	Kansas City Royals KC	2	Under	-1.5
05/21/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	5	Under	-1.5
09/05/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	6	Over	+4.5
09/05/23	Kansas City Royals KC	7	Over	+4.5
09/06/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	6	Over	+1.5
09/06/23	Kansas City Royals KC	4	Over	+1.5
09/12/23	Kansas City Royals KC	11	Over	+12.5
09/12/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	10	Over	+12.5
09/12/23	Kansas City Royals KC	2	Under	-0.5
09/12/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	6	Under	-0.5
09/13/23	Kansas City Royals KC	7	Under	-0.5
09/13/23	Chicago White Sox CWS	1	Under	-0.5

Royals Vs Over/Under

White Sox Vs Over/Under

Will Smith

ERA 4.263 | IP 31.7 | 0.0W-3.0L | KO 18.0

Date	Matchup	Result	IP	Hits	Runs	KO	Over
07-24-24	vsARI	8-6L	4.7	6	3	1	Over
07-19-24	vsCWS	1-7W	7.0	4	0	7	Under
07-10-24	@STL	8-5W	5.0	7	4	3	Over
07-03-24	vsTB	2-4W	6.0	2	1	8	Under
06-27-24	vsCLE	1-2W	5.3	7	1	6	Under
06-22-24	@TEX	0-6L	5.0	3	1	5	Under
05-31-24	vsSD	11-8L	5.3	5	2	2	Over
05-26-24	@TB	1-4L	6.0	3	2	7	Under
05-20-24	vsDET	3-8W	7.0	6	2	3	Over
05-14-24	@SEA	4-2W	6.0	3	1	7	Under
07-29-24	@CWS	8-5W	1.0	0	0	0	Over
07-26-24	vsCHC	0-6W	1.0	1	0	0	Under
07-22-24	vsARI	4-10W	1.0	1	0	1	Over
07-10-24	@STL	6-4W	1.0	0	0	0	Over
07-04-24	vsTB	10-8L	1.0	3	1	0	Over
06-30-24	vsCLE	2-6W	1.0	0	0	0	Under
06-29-24	vsCLE	7-2L	1.0	1	1	0	Push
06-25-24	vsMIA	2-1L	1.0	1	0	0	Under
06-22-24	@TEX	0-6L	1.0	1	0	0	Under
06-18-24	@OAK	5-7L	1.0	0	0	0	Over

Jonathan Cannon

ERA 4.429 | IP 63.0 | 1.0W-5.0L | KO 44.0

Date	Matchup	Result	IP	Hits	Runs	KO	Over
07-25-24	@TEX	1-2L	6.0	8	2	1	Under
07-20-24	@KC	1-6L	6.0	8	4	4	Under
07-12-24	vsPIT	4-1L	6.0	7	4	4	Under
07-07-24	@MIA	4-7L	6.0	3	1	3	Over
06-29-24	vsCOL	3-11W	5.7	3	3	3	Over
06-23-24	@DET	2-11L	1.0	7	8	1	Over
06-18-24	vsHOU	0-2W	8.7	7	0	4	Under
06-12-24	@SEA	1-2L	7.0	4	1	7	Under
06-07-24	vsBOS	2-7W	3.0	3	0	4	Push
04-27-24	vsTB	7-8W	5.0	8	4	5	Over

Royals Recent Games

Date	vsOpp	Result	Hits	HR	O/U
07/31	vs CWS	8-5W	15	3	Over
07/30	@ CHC	3-7L	5	1	Over
07/29	@ CHC	4-9L	9	1	Over
07/28	@ CHC	6-0W	10	1	Under
07/26	@ ARI	6-8L	12	0	Over
07/25	@ ARI	2-6L	7	0	Under
07/24	@ ARI	10-4W	15	3	Over
07/23	@ CWS	4-1W	10	0	Under
07/22	@ CWS	6-1W	9	0	Under
07/21	@ CWS	7-1W	7	1	Under
07/15	vs BOS	0-5L	4	0	Under
07/14	vs BOS	6-1W	9	2	Under
07/12	vs STL	8-5W	12	3	Over
07/12	vs STL	6-4W	9	1	Over
07/09	vs COL	10-1W	12	3	Over

White Sox Recent Games

Date	vsOpp	Result	Hits	HR	O/U
07/31	@ KC	5-8L	11	1	Over
07/30	@ SEA	3-6L	7	1	Push
07/29	@ SEA	3-6L	9	0	Push
07/28	@ SEA	0-10L	7	0	Over
07/27	vs TEX	1-2L	5	0	Under
07/26	vs TEX	2-10L	4	1	Over
07/25	vs TEX	2-2L	5	1	Under
07/24	vs TEX	3-4L	7	2	Under
07/23	vs KC	1-4L	3	0	Under
07/22	vs KC	1-6L	7	0	Under
07/21	vs KC	1-7L	7	1	Under
07/15	@ PIT	2-6L	5	0	Under
07/14	@ PIT	1-4L	8	0	Under
07/12	@ MIN	2-3L	4	1	Under
07/12	@ MIN	3-1W	4	1	Under

Team’s Batting Order

Kansas City Royals	DK	FD	AVG	SLG	OBP	OPS	wOBA	HR/Rate
#1 Michael Massey	9.2	12.2	0.249	0.445	0.289	0.734	0.305	0.046
#2 Will Smith	5.1	10.8	nan	nan	nan	nan	0.000	nan
#2 Bobby Witt Jr.	12.6	16.3	0.348	0.600	0.430	1.031	0.414	0.045
#3 Vinnie Pasquantino	9.2	12.3	0.261	0.425	0.363	0.788	0.321	0.030
#4 Salvador Perez	8.1	10.7	0.274	0.458	0.366	0.824	0.336	0.047
#5 Hunter Renfroe	8.1	10.9	0.230	0.414	0.349	0.762	0.311	0.042
#6 MJ Melendez	8.1	10.6	0.195	0.393	0.279	0.673	0.279	0.044
#7 Freddy Fermin	7.3	9.4	0.291	0.418	0.367	0.786	0.323	0.026
#8 Maikel Garcia	7.3	9.5	0.238	0.350	0.309	0.659	0.273	0.015
#9 Kyle Isbel	6.3	8.2	0.237	0.388	0.314	0.702	0.289	0.029

Chicago White Sox	DK	FD	AVG	SLG	OBP	OPS	wOBA	HR/Rate
#1 Nicky Lopez	7.2	9.0	0.240	0.283	0.337	0.620	0.259	0.000
#2 Andrew Vaughn	7.6	9.9	0.234	0.383	0.314	0.697	0.289	0.032
#3 Luis Robert Jr.	8.2	10.7	0.209	0.443	0.299	0.741	0.305	0.060
#4 Gavin Sheets	6.9	9.0	0.217	0.357	0.340	0.697	0.286	0.023
#5 Eloy Jimenez	7.6	9.6	0.237	0.344	0.321	0.665	0.276	0.022
#6 Andrew Benintendi	6.3	8.1	0.192	0.296	0.266	0.562	0.236	0.024
#7 Brooks Baldwin	5.9	7.3	0.194	0.306	0.250	0.556	0.234	0.000
#8 Paul DeJong	5.8	7.6	0.231	0.435	0.300	0.736	0.305	0.054
#9 Korey Lee	4.8	6.2	0.220	0.374	0.264	0.638	0.266	0.037

Royals Notable Injuries

No notable injuries for players that have played at least once in the last four weeks.

White Sox Notable Injuries

Michael Soroka OUT (SP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 07/12/24. Impact: 3.6
Jordan Leasure OUT (RP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 07/12/24. Impact: -0.1