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 RBI over the past 10 games.

Jose Ramirez has eight doubles, six home runs and 14 RBI for the Guardians. David Fry is 6 for 16 with three home runs and five RBI over the last 10 games.

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.