Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 05/14/26

The Kansas City Royals and Chicago White Sox wrap up a 3-game set on Thursday evening at Rate Field on the south side, and we get a battle of southpaws — as LHP Kris Bubic (3-1, 3.50 ERA, 1.17 WHIP) of the Royals takes on LHP Anthony Kay (2-1, 4.89 ERA, 1.57 WHIP) of the White Sox in the finale. Kay spun 5 2/3 IP of scoreless baseball against the White Sox in Kansas City on April 9 for his first win of the season, striking out a season-high 6 batters. The White Sox have won 4 of the first 6 meetings in this series, with the over cashing in each of the past 3 installments — including the first 2 in the current series.

For the Royals, Bubic was on the hill for a 2-0 win on April 10, twirling 7 scoreless frames with just 2 hits allowed, 1 walk and a season-high 11 strikeouts. In fact, both pitchers had tremendous command of their opponent in the first meeting of the season. Will it go similarly well on Thursday? That’s debatable. However, after a couple of high-scoring games, based on the results each pitcher had earlier in the season against these opponents, we’ll bank on the under in the series finale.

Royals vs White Sox prediction: Under 8 (-110) available at time of publishing. Playable to 7.5 or -130.

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