And that means taking care of the Kansas City Royals this weekend, and knocking off the Baltimore Orioles when those clubs finish off their four-game MLB betting series on Thursday night.

With the Detroit Tigers sitting atop the AL Central standings right now, the White Sox are back at 45/1 on the World Series odds at the Bodog Sportsbook and at 22/1 to claim the AL Pennant. The Orioles are so far back in the AL East standings and in the AL Wild Card race that they've been removed from the MLB betting board.

Mark Buehrle (9-5, 3.04 ERA) heads to the hill for the White Sox on Thursday, and he hasn't been tagged with a loss since June 16 in Minnesota. Last time out the lefthander beat the Twins by allowing three runs (none earned) over his eight innings of work.

Overall the White Sox are 8-2 over Buehrle's last 10 trips to the mound, and he's given up three or fewer runs in each of his last 17 outings. Against the O's back on May 2 Buehrle got the victory after pitching 6 2-3 shutout innings.

Countering for the Orioles on Thursday will be Chris Tillman (3-4, 4.85 ERA), and he got back into the win column last time out by limiting the Blue Jays to two runs on four hits over seven innings of work.

Righthander Tillman faced the White Sox in Chicago on April 30, winning that day as well by surrendering just one run on six hits over his five innings pitched.

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