Orioles play the Royals leading series 1-0

By  THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
 
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Kansas City Royals (17-16, third in the AL Central) vs. Baltimore Orioles (13-18, fifth in the AL East)

Baltimore; Saturday, 7:15 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Kris Bubic (2-2, 2.25 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 37 strikeouts); Orioles: Tomoyuki Sugano (3-1, 3.00 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 17 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Orioles -111, Royals -108; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Baltimore Orioles face the Kansas City Royals, leading the series 1-0.

Baltimore has a 13-18 record overall and an 8-7 record at home. The Orioles have the seventh-ranked team slugging percentage in the AL at .384.

Kansas City is 6-11 on the road and 17-16 overall. The Royals have a 5-0 record in games when they scored at least five runs.

The teams play Saturday for the fifth time this season. The season series is tied 2-2.

TOP PERFORMERS: Cedric Mullins has a .267 batting average to lead the Orioles, and has five doubles and six home runs. Ryan O’Hearn is 10-for-33 with four home runs and 11 RBI over the past 10 games.

Maikel Garcia has nine doubles, two home runs and 11 RBI while hitting .288 for the Royals. Drew Waters is 12-for-36 with two doubles, two triples and a home run over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Orioles: 4-6, .212 batting average, 4.98 ERA, outscored by 26 runs

Royals: 8-2, .278 batting average, 2.18 ERA, outscored opponents by 16 runs

INJURIES: Orioles: Ramon Urias: day-to-day (hamstring), Grayson Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Colton Cowser: 60-Day IL (thumb), Jordan Westburg: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Gary Sanchez: 10-Day IL (wrist), Tyler O’Neill: 10-Day IL (neck), Cody Poteet: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Zachary Eflin: 15-Day IL (lat), Albert Suarez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Chayce McDermott: 15-Day IL (lat), Trevor Rogers: 15-Day IL (knee), Andrew Kittredge: 15-Day IL (knee), Tyler Wells: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kyle Bradish: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Royals: Alec Marsh: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Salvador Perez: day-to-day (hip), James McArthur: 60-Day IL (elbow), Cole Ragans: day-to-day (groin), Hunter Harvey: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Sam Long: 15-Day IL (elbow), Dairon Blanco: 10-Day IL (achilles), Kyle Wright: 15-Day IL (shoulder)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.