Kansas City at Chicago

Yeah, we'll continue to beat up on KC. Another big line but one that's well worth laying. Chicago comes off a sweep of the team with the best record in the Majors (Detroit). Now they face the second worse road team in the league and a team against which they own a 21-4 home mark the last three seasons. Both starters haven't performed well of late but Jon Garland is 12-4 at home while Mark Redman is 2-4 on the road. Garland is 11-5 vs. the Royals. Backing up Garland is a Chicago bullpen that has a 3.72 home ERA and 11-7 record. KC's bullpen is 6-14 on the road with a 5.54 ERA. Then we have run support - a no contest. Chicago scores 5.7 per game at home while KC manages just 3.8 per game on the road. KC is now 3-25 on the road vs. teams that score 5.2+ runs per game this season and 3-27 on the road vs. teams averaging 1.25+ home runs per game. Big time mismatch here - take the Sox.