Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox Prediction: Can things go the other way in this finale?

On Thursday, Major League Baseball action will be broadcast from Kauffman Stadium with a matchup between the Chicago White Sox and the Kansas City Royals. This will be the last contest of a three-game series that will take place this week. The first game of the series was won by the Kansas City Royals by a landslide, and then the second game of the series was won by Kansas City in a nail-biter, putting the Kansas City Royals ahead 2-0 in the series.

On Tuesday, the Kansas City Royals won the first game of this series thanks in large part to the seven runs they scored in the fifth inning alone. Edward Olivares of the Kansas City Royals led the way with two home runs, three runs batted in, and three hits. The Kansas City Royals completed their comeback victory on Wednesday, chipping away at the advantage thanks to the team's 10 hits. The home runs for Kansas City were contributed by MJ Melendez, Nelson Velazquez, and Michael Massey. On Thursday, the Kansas City Royals will give the ball to Jordan Lyles in the starting rotation for the game. Lyles has a record of 4-15 on the season, with a 6.29 earned run average, 104 strikeouts, and 150.1 innings pitched. In his previous seven starts, Lyles has a record of 3-3 with a 6.54 earned run average. The Chicago White Sox and the Kansas City Royals have played each other seven times recently, and the home team has won each of those seven games. Each of the Kansas City Royals' most recent six night games have been played against opponents who have a losing record, and the Royals have failed to cover the run line in each of those contests.

In the first game of this series, which took place on Tuesday, the White Sox managed just three hits as a team but were unable to get anything going. Lenyn Sosa, who had one hit for Chicago, was responsible for the team's lone run. The Sox's 7-6 loss on Wednesday was especially disheartening given that they had a 6-0 lead at one point during the game. In spite of the loss, home runs were hit by Yoan Moncada, Andrew Vaughn, and Korey Lee, respectively. On Thursday, Touki Toussaint will take the mound for the Chicago White Sox as the team's starting pitcher. Toussaint has appeared in 15 games so far this season, making 11 starts, and has a record of 2-7 with a 4.87 ERA and 64 strikeouts in 64.2 innings pitched. In his previous seven starts, Toussaint has a record of 2-4 with a 5.61 earned run average. Before today's game, the Chicago White Sox had dropped 11 of their previous 12 games that took place after they had played the day before. However, following a defeat, the Chicago White Sox have covered the run line in each of their subsequent four night games against the Kansas City Royals.

After losing the first two matches of this series, I am going to give the Chicago White Sox a shot in this one. In his last two outings, Toussaint hasn't pitched all that poorly, as evidenced by his record of 1-1, which includes 10.1 innings pitched, three earned runs, seven hits, and five walks. When it comes to Lyles, his most recent start was a victory over the Boston Red Sox, in which he allowed two earned runs over the course of eight innings. Prior to that, though, he had a number of less-than-stellar performances. Even though they only had one very productive inning on offense on Wednesday, the Chicago White Sox should have been able to prevail. However, the Chicago White Sox have only scored more than two runs once in the last five games, which means that the offense is going to have to come along for the ride if they want to avoid getting swept in this series.