The Chicago White Sox have won 8 of their last 12 games and are close to .500, just 1.5 games behind first place Cleveland. With emerging young hitters and promising pitching prospects, they may be turning their season around.
**Kansas City Royals (19-22) vs. Chicago White Sox (19-21)** at Rate Field, Chicago, IL
The White Sox are 1.5 games behind first place Cleveland.
Munetaka Murakami is considered the best free agent find of the offseason for the White Sox.
Noah Schultz is in the big leagues and was ranked as the #2 prospect in the White Sox system.
The White Sox have scored 4.28 runs per game and allowed 4.62 runs per game, ranking 15th and 21st in MLB, respectively.

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Royals: 4.12 runs scored/game (23rd in MLB), 4.46 runs allowed/game (17th)
White Sox: 4.28 runs scored/game (15th), 4.62 runs allowed/game (21st)
Only five teams have hit more home runs than the White Sox, although they have the fifth-highest strikeout rate. Murakami has the third-most home runs in baseball, but is hitting just .180/.329/.426 with five home runs at home. Chase Meidroth is hitting .321/.362/.453 over his last 14 games.
Andrew Benintendi has had a huge spike in his strikeout rate, up to 32.8 percent, seventh-highest in baseball. Colson Montgomery has a 53 percent pull rate, eighth-highest in baseball. Journeyman catcher Drew Romo has a two-home run game, and a three-walk performance among his nine games with the White Sox. Former Royals outfielder Randal Grichuk has homered twice in six games since joining the White Sox after his release from the Yankees.