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Kansas City Royals<\/a> (73-70, second in the AL Central) vs. Cleveland Guardians<\/a> (72-70, third in the AL Central)<\/p>\n Cleveland; Monday, 6:40 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Ryan Bergert<\/a> (2-1, 2.61 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 65 strikeouts); Guardians: Slade Cecconi<\/a> (5-6, 4.78 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 91 strikeouts)<\/p>\n BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Guardians -120, Royals -100; over\/under is 8 runs<\/p>\n BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians begin a four-game series at home against the Kansas City Royals on Monday.<\/p>\n Cleveland has a 72-70 record overall and a 35-33 record at home. The Guardians have a 42-9 record in games when they scored five or more runs.<\/p>\n Kansas City is 73-70 overall and 33-35 on the road. The Royals are 41-14 in games when they did not give up a home run.<\/p>\n The teams square off Monday for the 10th time this season. The Guardians lead the season series 5-4.<\/p>\n TOP PERFORMERS: Jose Ramirez<\/a> has a .283 batting average to lead the Guardians, and has 27 doubles, three triples and 27 home runs. Steven Kwan<\/a> is 14 for 43 with six RBIs over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n Vinnie Pasquantino<\/a> leads the Royals with 29 home runs while slugging .470. Michael Massey<\/a> is 11 for 30 with two doubles and two RBIs over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n LAST 10 GAMES: Guardians: 6-4, .229 batting average, 3.72 ERA, outscored opponents by seven runs<\/p>\n Royals: 5-5, .233 batting average, 3.10 ERA, outscored opponents by eight runs<\/p>\n INJURIES: Guardians: Nic Enright<\/a>: 15-Day IL (elbow), Lane Thomas<\/a>: 10-Day IL (foot), Will Brennan<\/a>: 60-Day IL (forearm), Andrew Walters<\/a>: 60-Day IL (lat), Ben Lively: 60-Day IL (forearm), John Means<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Sam Hentges<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder)<\/p>\n Royals: Bobby Witt Jr.: day-to-day (back), Seth Lugo<\/a>: 15-Day IL (back), Jonathan India<\/a>: 10-Day IL (wrist), 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), Cole Ragans<\/a>: 60-Day IL (rotator cuff), 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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