Royals go for series win over first-place White Sox

As division rivals, the Chicago White Sox and the Kansas City Royals play each other 19 times.

So as they get set to play the 13th of this season's games in a Thursday matinee, the fourth game of this series, it might be tempting to assume that familiarity breeds some level of contempt between them. That's simply not the case.

The White Sox will send Carlos Rodon (8-4, 2.44 ERA) to the mound to face Carlos Hernandez (1-