Originally posted on 05/21/2014:

First and foremost, winds are blowing IN from center at 10 MPH, unlike the first two games of the series where the winds were blowing out to center at 10 MPH assisting many base hits.

I'm expecting balls to stay in the park for several reasons tonight.

1)

AL-White Sox @ Royals
Weather Update Wed, 21 May 2014 09:05:00 AM
Partly cloudy with a 30-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing in from right field at 10 m.p.h. Game-time temperature: Around 80.
Kaufman Park 6 hour forecast
4 PM 5 PM 6 PM 7 PM 8 PM 9 PM
Rain 0% Rain 0% Rain 0% Rain 0% Rain 0% Rain 30%


2)
CHW Start Quintana, always liked that pitcher.
He's a strikeout artist, not like Max or Kershaw, but he's K'd 45 in 54 innings, sounds like 7.5 per nine to me.
Last season, around 8 as well.
3.67 ERA and 1.28 WH/IP are sound numbers.

3)
The middle of the KC order really struggles against Quintana
Butler/Gordon/Hosmer can't touch him, I mean look it up, hate him, horrible numbers.

Moose, who can hit him, is riding the bench tonight.
The bottom of this order is weak ass, Quintana should have his way with them.

Norichika Aoki RF
Alcides Escobar SS
Eric Hosmer 1B
Billy Butler DH
Alex Gordon LF
Lorenzo Cain CF
Danny Valencia 3B
Pedro Ciriaco 2B
Brett Hayes C

4)
KC starts Guthrie.
Guthrie has a tidy 1.24 WH/IP he's not a K specialist, he gets 'contact' outs.
However, his flyballs aren't going to leave the park tonight.

Chicago White Sox vs. Kansas City Royals (Ewing M. Kauffman Stadium)
7:10 PM CDT on May 21, 2014
6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 10:00 PM 11:00 PM
Wind
3 mph South
4 mph West
5 mph West
6 mph West
7 mph NNE
7 mph NNE
Conditions
Chance of a Thunderstorm
Chance of a Thunderstorm
Chance of a Thunderstorm
Chance of a Thunderstorm
Chance of a Thunderstorm
Chance of a Thunderstorm
Temperature 85 °F 85 °F 84 °F 82 °F 81 °F 79 °F
Humidity 51 % 53 % 56 % 59 % 62 % 65 %
Chance of Rain 27 % 27 % 27 % 27 % 51 % 51 %



Game stays under 8 tonight.

I don't subscribe to the 'due' theory, there are those that do.

OK, if you want to say the two teams hitting is 'due' to slow down tonight, fine, that's not why the game goes under.

Quinatana, the winds at 8pm blowing dead in, and the weak ass KC bottom half of the order is.

You can get +105 on the under 8, good wager from where I sit.