White Sox aim to end 16-game skid in finale with Royals

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The number 16 is anything but sweet for the slumping Chicago White Sox.

Then again, there has been little to savor at any point this season for a club that's 56 games under .500.

Chicago has lost a franchise-worst 16 straight games and been swept in 16 series. The White Sox will try to keep both numbers from growing in Wednesday's series finale against the visiting Kansas Cit