Mariners aim to avoid series sweep against the Royals

Kansas City Royals (14-19, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Seattle Mariners (16-18, third in the AL West)

Seattle; Sunday, 4:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Kris Bubic (2-1, 3.74 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 35 strikeouts); Mariners: Luis Castillo (0-2, 6.35 ERA, 1.73 WHIP, 26 strikeouts)

LINE: Mariners -140, Royals +118; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals and the Seattle Mariners play in the last game of a three-game series. The Royals will sweep the series with a win.

Seattle is 10-9 at home and 16-18 overall. Mariners pitchers have a collective 3.69 ERA, which ranks sixth in the majors.

Kansas City has a 14-19 record overall and a 5-12 record on the road. The Royals are 8-15 in games when they have given up at least one home run.

Sunday's game is the third time these teams meet this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Randy Arozarena leads the Mariners with a .281 batting average, and has nine doubles, a triple, three home runs, 16 walks and 12 RBIs. Julio Rodriguez is 16 for 44 with three home runs and nine RBIs over the last 10 games.

Carter Jensen is sixth on the Royals with eight extra base hits (two doubles and six home runs). Jac Caglianone is 8 for 32 with a double, three home runs and five RBIs over the last 10 games.