The Cleveland Guardians face the Kansas City Royals on a losing streak, with the Guardians at 18-19 and the Royals at 17-19. The matchup features Joey Cantillo pitching for the Guardians and Cole Ragans for the Royals.
Cleveland Guardians (18-19, second in the AL Central) vs. Kansas City Royals (17-19, third in the AL Central)
Kansas City, Missouri; Wednesday, 7:40 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Guardians: Joey Cantillo (1-1, 3.67 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 36 strikeouts); Royals: Cole Ragans (1-4, 5.29 ERA, 1.45 WHIP, 41 strikeouts)
LINE: Royals -131, Guardians +110; over/under is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians enter the matchup with the Kansas City Royals as losers of three games in a row.
Kansas City has a 17-19 record overall and an 11-7 record in home games. The Royals have a 3-5 record in games decided by one run.
Cleveland is 18-19 overall and 9-12 in road games. The Guardians have an 11-2 record in games when they scored five or more runs.
Wednesday's game is the sixth time these teams square off this season. The Royals hold a 3-2 advantage in the season series.
TOP PERFORMERS: Carter Jensen leads the Royals with six home runs while slugging .407. Bobby Witt Jr. is 13 for 44 with three home runs and six RBIs over the past 10 games.
Jose Ramirez has eight doubles, six home runs and 14 RBIs for the Guardians. David Fry is 6 for 16 with three home runs and five RBIs over the last 10 games.
The Cleveland Guardians have a record of 18-19, while the Kansas City Royals are at 17-19.
Joey Cantillo will start for the Guardians, and Cole Ragans will pitch for the Royals.
The game is scheduled to start at 7:40 p.m. EDT on Wednesday.
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LAST 10 GAMES: Royals: 8-2, .267 batting average, 3.36 ERA, outscored opponents by 21 runs
Guardians: 3-7, .231 batting average, 4.02 ERA, outscored by five runs
INJURIES: Royals: Carlos Estevez: 15-Day IL (foot), Bailey Falter: 15-Day IL (elbow), Jonathan India: 10-Day IL (shoulder), James McArthur: 60-Day IL (elbow), Alec Marsh: 60-Day IL (shoulder)
Guardians: Shawn Armstrong: 15-Day IL (groin), Gabriel Arias: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Andrew Walters: 15-Day IL (lat)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.