The Chicago White Sox will try to get back to their winning ways after having a season-high 11-game win streak snapped Sunday when they open a three-game set Monday against the AL Central division-rival Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium (8:10 pm ET, FOX).
Chicago is a -125 moneyline favorite and the over/under total is 9.5 in MLB Betting at online sportsbooks.
The White Sox are third in the division, 1.5 back of the first-place Minnesota Twins, and one game behind the second-place Detroit Tigers. The Royals are well off the pace, nine games back of the Twins.
The White Sox had been rolling in the past two weeks before losing to the crosstown rival Chicago Cubs by an 8-6 count in the finale of a three-game set Sunday at U.S. Cellular Field.
Paul Konerko hit a home run while Juan Pierre and Carlos Quentin had two RBIs in the loss.
Chicago will start lefthander Mark Buehrle, who is 6-6 with a 4.60 ERA. Buehrle, who will be looking for his fourth straight win, last pitched Wednesday against the Atlanta Braves, when limited the Braves to a pair of runs on nine hits over six innings.
Kansas City has won three of its past four, including two of three meetings in an interleague series against the St. Louis Cardinals this weekend.
The Royals will have righthander Anthony Lerew on the mound. Lerew is 0-1 with a 4.76 ERA in two starts.
This is the seventh meeting and third series of the season between the White Sox and Royals, with the teams each winning three of the past six meetings.