Royals play the White Sox in series rubber match

Chicago White Sox (81-77, second in the AL Central) vs. Kansas City Royals (68-90, fifth in the AL Central) Kansas City, Missouri; Thursday, 2:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: David Sandlin (2-2, 6.29 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 33 strikeouts); Royals: Randy Dobnak (3-4, 3.08 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 48 strikeouts) LINE: White Sox -128, Royals +105; over/under is 8 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals and Chicago White Sox play on Thursday with the three-game series tied 1-1. Kansas City is 68-90 overall and 40-37 in home games. The Royals have gone 30-18 in games when they hit at least two home runs. Chicago has a 35-45 record in road games and an 81-77 record overall. White Sox hitters have a collective .320 on-base percentage, the ninth-best percentage in the majors. The teams square off Thursday for the 13th time this season. The White Sox are up 8-4 in the season series. TOP PERFORMERS: Jac Caglianone has a .283 batting average to lead the Royals, and has 28 doubles, two triples and 23 home runs. Carter Jensen is 13 for 39 with two home runs and seven RBI over the last 10 games. Chase Meidroth has a .273 batting average to lead the White Sox, and has 29 doubles and 16 home runs. Randal Grichuk is 12 for 36 with two home runs and seven RBI over the past 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Royals: 2-8, .237 batting average, 6.18 ERA, outscored by 17 runs White Sox: 5-5, .234 batting average, 4.07 ERA, outscored opponents by eight runs INJURIES: Royals: James McArthur: 60-Day IL (elbow), Connor Seabold: 60-Day IL (lat), Carlos Estevez: 60-Day IL (foot), Stephen Kolek: 60-Day IL (flexor), Beck Way: 15-Day IL (back), Nick Mears: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Luinder Avila: 60-Day IL (forearm), Cole Ragans: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jonathan India: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alec Marsh: 60-Day IL (shoulder) White Sox: Prelander Berroa: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tanner Murray: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Leasure: 60-Day IL (flexor), Joey Bart: 10-Day IL (hand), Brooks Baldwin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Mike Vasil: 60-Day IL (elbow) ------ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.