This is Monday's lone day contest. It's also a rare stand alone game for these two teams. The White Sox were rained out at Cleveland on Sunday. Chicago will have a rested bullpen. The White Sox begin a three-game road series against the Orioles on Tuesday. The Royals host the Diamondbacks on Tuesday. So this is a weird scheduling spot, which I consider a plus for the Under.

The White Sox are averaging 3.1 runs in their last six games. They have scored four or fewer runs in 14 of their last 18 games.

The Royals have a bottom-six offense and are mired in a huge scoring slump. Kansas City is averaging two runs per game during its last 10 games. The Royals haven't scored more than four runs in any of these past 10 games.

The starting pitchers - Daniel Lynch and Michael Kopech - are good enough to take advantage of bad offenses. They faced each other three weeks ago. The Royals won, 2-1. Lynch didn't allow a run in 5 1/3 innings. Kopech gave up only two runs in seven innings.

Lynch has pitched better lately than his 4.52 season ERA. He's held five of his last eight opponents to two earned runs or fewer. Kopech has a 2.77 day time ERA. He's at his best against bad offenses. That was evident two starts ago against the Tigers. Kopech shut out the Tigers for six innings, not giving up a hit while striking out 11 with three walks.

The game is at Kauffman Stadium, which is favorable to pitcher's. There's a slight wind blowing in too, at around 5-6 mph.