The Chicago White Sox (1-6) travel to face off against the Kansas City Royals (4-4) on Saturday, April 6th. This game will be played at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City and televised on NBCS. The Royals are coming off a win in their previous game, while the White Sox are looking to get back on track from a loss to the White Sox. First pitch is set for 7:10 ET.

White Sox vs Royals

The Royals and White Sox played a low-scoring game in the last matchup of this series, with the Royals coming out on top by a score of 2-1. Kansas City was the heavy favorite at -193 on the money line.

Despite hitting just one home run compared to the White Sox’s one homer, the Royals had seven hits compared to just four for Chicago. In addition to his home run, Gavin Sheets was the only White Sox hitter to record a hit. On the other side, Salvador Perez went 3/3 with a double.

Brady Singer and Erick Fedde both pitched well for their respective teams, but Singer got the benefit of some run support to pick up the win. Singer went 6 1/3 innings and gave up just one earned run, while Fedde also gave up one run in five innings of work.

Chris Flexen Gets The Start For The White Sox

Chris Flexen and the White Sox are on the road to take on the Royals. Flexen’s first start of the season was a loss to the Braves, where he went 4 1/3 innings and gave up 4 runs on 6 hits.

White Sox Offense Breakdown

Our model is projecting Luis Robert Jr. to have a big game offensively for the White Sox. He has the 2nd highest hits projection on the team and the top home run projection. In fact, his home run projection is 5th best in the league today. If you’re looking for a long shot, Gavin Sheets has the 2nd best home run projection on the team and 13th best in the league.

Michael Wacha Gets The Start For The Royals

Michael Wacha will be making his second start of the season for the Royals, and it will be at home against the White Sox. In his first start of the season, Wacha went 5 innings and gave up 3 earned runs while striking out 5 and giving up 1 home run.

Royals Offense Breakdown

For the Royals, we have Bobby Witt Jr. as our top hitter in terms of total hits, as his projection is 9th best in the league today. In terms of home runs, Witt Jr. is our top projected player on the team and 6th best in the league. Nelson Velázquez has the 2nd best home run projection on the team and 9th best in the league. Maikel Garcia is 2nd on the team in terms of total hits, with his projection being 23rd best in the league today.

White Sox vs Royals Prediction

With the Royals at -209 to pick up the win, there is some good value in taking the over at 8.5 runs. Our predicted final score is 5.1 to 5 in favor of the Royals, giving us some wiggle room if you wanted to take the over/under line.

Looking at the starting pitchers, we have Michael Wacha finishing with five strikeouts compared to Chris Flexen at five. However, we have Flexen going five innings compared to Wacha at 5.1. If you’re looking for a player prop bet, you could look to take the under on Wacha’s strikeout line.

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