(Sports Network) - Following an exciting extra-inning affair on Saturday, the Chicago White Sox gun for their sixth win in seven chances this afternoon as they contend against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium in the finale of a three-game set. Yesterday the White Sox rebounded from a disappointing 8-1 loss to KC in the series opener when Tadahito Iguchi singled home two in the top of the 10th inning to claim a 3-1 triumph in the second contest. Scott Podsednik scored two of the team's three runs as the Sox were limited to just six hits. Ryan Bukvich was credited with his first win of the season even though he threw just a single pitch. Bobby Jenks earned his 21st save. John Danks had a strong outing for the visitors as he allowed just a single run on four hits and struck out six over eight innings. Kansas City starter Odalis Perez failed to figure into the decision, permitting one run on three hits and four walks, striking out three over seven innings. Octavio Dotel was saddled with the loss. Emil Brown connected on a solo home run for the home team, now just 16-25 at Kauffman stadium and already 14 1/2 games out of contention in the American League Central. Mark Teahen contributed two hits in the faulty offensive attack. Already 1-0 against the Royals this season, Jon Garland tries to add to his career success versus the club from Kansas City when he takes the hill for the Sox this afternoon. The righthander, who is 14-5 with a 3.86 ERA over eight seasons in the majors versus KC, managed to get his record back to .500 at 5-5 on Tuesday, thanks to a 6-1 win over Tampa Bay on the road. In that contest Garland, who began 2007 with five straight appearances in which Chicago came out on the short end, allowed just one run on five hits, striking out three and walking two, over seven innings versus the Devil Rays. The California native, who has produced back-to-back 18-wins seasons, is already two shy of his loss total for all of 2006. As for the Royals, they're ready to put John Thomson on the hill for his second appearance after he was snatched up by the club once he was given his unconditional release from Toronto while languishing in the club's minor league system. The 10-year veteran, now on his fifth team in his professional career, made his first appearance at the major league level this season with a 5-3 win over the Angels on the road on Monday. In that contest Thomson allowed two earned runs on six hits, yet failed to register a single strikeout or walk over seven innings of work. Now three strikeouts shy of 800 for his career, the righthander is 1-1 with a 3.86 ERA all-time versus Chicago. Podsednik has seven hits over his last seven games, yet has scored a team-best six times during that stretch. Andy Gonzalez has knocked in six over 29 at- bats, but has more strikeouts (nine) than hits (six) for the White Sox. Aside from his home run last night, Brown has been in a slump for the Royals, now hitting just .083 (1-of-12) over his last four games. On the other hand, David DeJesus has picked up some of the slack with eight hits in 21 trips to the plate for a team that had a five-game win streak snapped on Saturday and has six more home games against the likes of Seattle and Tampa Bay leading up to the All-Star Break.