Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 41-45 Chicago White Sox play host to the 52-34 Kansas City Royals tonight in MLB action on the grass of US Cellular Field, July 17, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 8:10PM ET.

Betting Odds
Moneyline: Royals -115/White Sox +105
O/U Total: 8.5

Pitching Matchup
Edinson Volquez (R) W/L 8-4 WHIP 1.24 ERA 3.31
Jeff Samardzija (R) W/L 6-4 WHIP 1.22 ERA 4.02

Kansas City is coming off an 8-3 homestand. Chicago was 2-1 on a mini road trip and is 7-3 in their past 10 games.

The Royals have a 4-2 lead in the season series and a 7-3 advantage in the last 10 matchups between these AL Central rivals.

Volquez received his 3rd-straight no decision in his last start, an 11-10 win over Toronto. He allowed 1 ER in 5.1 innings but was victimized by bad defense (3 unearned runs). He has 8 Q starts on the year.

Samardzija was a 2-0 winner over Toronto in his last outing as he threw a shutout. He had 5 Ks for his 11th Q start of the season.

Royals 3B Mike Moustakas is 2-5 (.400) with a HR and 2 RBIs against Samardzija while 2B Omar Infante is 2-6 (.333) with a steal. The quartet of 1B Eric Hosmer, SS Alcides Escobar and OFs Jarrod Dyson and Alex Rios are a combined 5-25 (.200) with 1 RBI between them against the right-hander.

DH Adam LaRoche is 7-22 (.318) against Volquez with a HR and 5 RBIs while 1B Jose Abreu is 2-6 (.333) with an RBI. OF Melky Cabrera has faced the right-hander several times in the past and is 5-19 (.263) with a HR, 3 RBIs and a SB. The 7 other hitters on the team to have faced Volquez before are hitting only .118 (6-51) against him with 4 RBIs.

Kansas City at Chicago Betting Trends

Kansas City is 7-1-1 straight up in their last 9 games.
The Royals are 15-5-1 straight up in their last 21 games against the White Sox
Kansas City is 1-3-1 straight up in their last 5 road games.
The White Sox are 7-2-1 straight up in their last 10 home games.
Chicago is 9-3-1 straight up in their last 13 games overall.

Injury Report

KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Tim Collins P 60-Day Disabled List
Brian Flynn P 15-Day Disabled List
Alex Gordon OF 15-Day Disabled List
Kris Medlen P 60-Day Disabled List
Jason Vargas P 15-Day Disabled List

CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Matt Albers P 15-Day Disabled List
Nate Jones P 60-Day Disabled List

Consensus Betting (ATS)
Kansas City: 71%
Chicago: 29%

Free MLB Pick

The White Sox have been getting great pitching as of late holding their opponents to four runs in their last four games and eight of their last nine to three or less runs. However, the Royals were firing on all cylinders and KC starter Edinson Volquez has the edge in 2015 vs. opponent numbers over Chisox starter Jeff Samardzija.

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