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Kansas City Royals<\/a> (66-64, second in the AL Central) vs. Detroit Tigers<\/a> (78-53, first in the AL Central)<\/p>\n Detroit; Sunday, 1:40 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Seth Lugo<\/a> (8-6, 3.73 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 115 strikeouts); Tigers: Jack Flaherty<\/a> (7-12, 4.51 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 162 strikeouts)<\/p>\n BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Tigers -152, Royals +126; over\/under is 8 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals will try to end a three-game road losing streak when they play the Detroit Tigers.<\/p>\n Detroit has a 44-24 record at home and a 78-53 record overall. The Tigers have the fifth-ranked team batting average in the AL at .251.<\/p>\n Kansas City is 66-64 overall and 30-34 in road games. The Royals have gone 49-27 in games when they record at least eight hits.<\/p>\n Sunday’s game is the 10th time these teams square off this season. The Tigers are up 7-2 in the season series.<\/p>\n TOP PERFORMERS: Gleyber Torres has 19 doubles, 13 home runs and 60 RBIs for the Tigers. Riley Greene<\/a> is 5 for 32 with three home runs and seven RBIs over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n Vinnie Pasquantino<\/a> has 22 doubles, a triple and 27 home runs for the Royals. Mike Yastrzemski<\/a> is 8 for 30 with a double and three home runs over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 9-1, .248 batting average, 2.35 ERA, outscored opponents by 25 runs<\/p>\n Royals: 6-4, .275 batting average, 3.38 ERA, outscored opponents by eight 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: Bailey Falter<\/a>: 15-Day IL (biceps), 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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