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Kansas City Royals<\/a> (66-63, second in the AL Central) vs. Detroit Tigers<\/a> (77-53, first in the AL Central)<\/p>\n Detroit; Saturday, 6:10 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Michael Wacha<\/a> (8-9, 3.34 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 104 strikeouts); Tigers: Chris Paddack<\/a> (4-11, 5.10 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 96 strikeouts)<\/p>\n BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Tigers -125, Royals +105; over\/under is 8 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n BOTTOM LINE: The Detroit Tigers, on a five-game home winning streak, host the Kansas City Royals.<\/p>\n Detroit has gone 43-24 in home games and 77-53 overall. Tigers pitchers have a collective 3.77 ERA, which ranks fourth in the AL.<\/p>\n Kansas City has a 66-63 record overall and a 30-33 record in road games. The Royals are 27-50 in games when they have given up a home run.<\/p>\n Saturday’s game is the ninth meeting between these teams this season. The Tigers hold a 6-2 advantage in the season series.<\/p>\n TOP PERFORMERS: Spencer Torkelson<\/a> has 25 doubles and 26 home runs for the Tigers. Riley Greene<\/a> is 6 for 32 with two doubles and three home runs over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n Maikel Garcia<\/a> has a .301 batting average to lead the Royals, and has 32 doubles, five triples and 12 home runs. Bobby Witt Jr. is 15 for 37 with a home run and five RBIs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 8-2, .242 batting average, 2.97 ERA, outscored opponents by 20 runs<\/p>\n Royals: 7-3, .271 batting average, 3.44 ERA, outscored opponents by 13 runs<\/p>\n INJURIES: Tigers: Matt Vierling<\/a>: 10-Day IL (oblique), Paul Sewald<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Reese Olson<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Parker Meadows<\/a>: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Sean Guenther<\/a>: 60-Day IL (hip), Jackson Jobe<\/a>: 60-Day IL (flexor), Jason Foley<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alex Cobb<\/a>: 60-Day IL (hip), Ty Madden<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jose Urquidy<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n Royals: Hunter Harvey<\/a>: 15-Day IL (abductor), Steven Cruz<\/a>: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Kris Bubic<\/a>: 60-Day IL (rotator cuff), Jac Caglianone<\/a>: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Cole Ragans<\/a>: 60-Day IL (rotator cuff), Michael Massey<\/a>: 10-Day IL (ankle), Alec Marsh<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), James McArthur<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n What did you think of this story?\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n \n recommended\n <\/p>\n
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