White Sox host the Royals on 7-game home slide

Kansas City Royals (57-49, third in the AL Central) vs. Chicago White Sox (27-81, fifth in the AL Central)

Chicago; Monday, 8:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Alec Marsh (7-7, 4.75 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 90 strikeouts); White Sox: Chris Flexen (2-10, 5.25 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 78 strikeouts)

: LINE Royals -172, White Sox +144; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox host the Kansas City Royals looking to end their seven-game home slide.

Chicago has a 17-37 record at home and a 27-81 record overall. The White Sox have gone 20-35 in games when they record at least eight hits.

Kansas City has a 57-49 record overall and a 21-27 record on the road. The Royals are 39-21 in games when they record eight or more hits.

Monday's game is the 11th time these teams meet this season. The Royals have a 9-1 advantage in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Andrew Vaughn leads the White Sox with a .234 batting average, and has 20 doubles, 11 home runs, 24 walks and 45 RBI. Tommy Pham is 11-for-40 with a home run and three RBI over the last 10 games.

Salvador Perez leads the Royals with 19 home runs while slugging .467. Bobby Witt Jr. is 20-for-39 with four doubles, a triple, two home runs and eight RBI over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: White Sox: 0-10, .188 batting average, 5.67 ERA, outscored by 41 runs

Royals: 5-5, .282 batting average, 4.04 ERA, outscored opponents by 10 runs

INJURIES: White Sox: Max Stassi: 60-Day IL (hip), Jordan Leasure: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Mike Soroka: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Dominic Leone: 60-Day IL (right elbow), Mike Clevinger: 15-Day IL (elbow), Yoan Moncada: 60-Day IL (abductor), Jimmy Lambert: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Matt Foster: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jesse Scholtens: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Royals: John Schreiber: day-to-day (knee), Hunter Harvey: day-to-day (back), Dan Altavilla: 60-Day IL (oblique), Josh Taylor: 60-Day IL (biceps), Kyle Wright: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

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