White Sox try to keep home win streak going, host the Royals

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Kansas City Royals (19-23, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Chicago White Sox (20-21, second in the AL Central)

Chicago; Wednesday, 7:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Seth Lugo (1-2, 3.21 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 42 strikeouts); White Sox: Noah Schultz (2-2, 4.68 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 23 strikeouts)

LINE: Royals -115, White Sox -104; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox will try to keep a three-game home win streak alive when they face the Kansas City Royals.

Chicago has a 10-9 record in home games and a 20-21 record overall. The White Sox have hit 54 total home runs to rank second in the AL.

Kansas City has a 6-13 record on the road and a 19-23 record overall. The Royals have the 10th-ranked team ERA in the AL at 4.34.

Wednesday's game is the sixth meeting between these teams this season. The White Sox are up 3-2 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Chase Meidroth has a .277 batting average to lead the White Sox, and has nine doubles and three home runs. Sam Antonacci is 12 for 35 with three RBIs over the past 10 games.

Bobby Witt Jr. has a .305 batting average to lead the Royals, and has 11 doubles, a triple and six home runs. Maikel Garcia is 12 for 39 with six RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: White Sox: 6-4, .249 batting average, 3.52 ERA, outscored opponents by 11 runs

Royals: 6-4, .245 batting average, 3.50 ERA, outscored opponents by six runs

INJURIES: White Sox: Everson Pereira: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Kyle Teel: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Drew Thorpe: 60-Day IL (elbow), Austin Hays: 10-Day IL (calf), Tanner Murray: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Brooks Baldwin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Mike Vasil: 60-Day IL (elbow), Prelander Berroa: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Royals: Bailey Falter: 15-Day IL (elbow), Cole Ragans: 15-Day IL (elbow), Carlos Estevez: 15-Day IL (foot), Jonathan India: 10-Day IL (shoulder), James McArthur: 60-Day IL (elbow), Alec Marsh: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.