ASA TOP PLAY 10* ON OVER the Total - Chicago White Sox @ Kansas City Royals, Thursday at 8:05 PM ET

The White Sox scored just 1 run at Minnesota yesterday while the Royals were shutout at home by the Indians yesterday. That actually makes this the perfect bounce back set-up for an over today. Chicago is starting Dylan Cease and he just faced the Royals last week and walked 6 in 4 and 1 / 3 innings. Cease escaped damage in that start but the story will likely be different now that he faces them at Kansas City in this one. In fact, he has allowed 8 runs (6 earned) in 8 innings over two career starts at KC. On the road this season opponents are hitting .280 against Cease. Speaking of getting hit hard, Danny Duffy has allowed 5 homers in his last 4 starts and that includes 2 home runs allowed versus the White Sox and that was just last week! Chicago gets another look at him less than a week later and that is bad news for Duffy as he has struggled against the White Sox historically. Being division rivals there is a lot of familiarity for the White Sox hitters with Duffy since he has been with the Royals for his entire career and that has spanned an entire decade. Bet the OVER in Kansas City in evening action Thursday.