Kansas City Royals (37-55, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (56-39, first in the NL Central)
Milwaukee; Tuesday, 4:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Mike Minor (6-8, 5.67 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 103 strikeouts) Brewers: Brett Anderson (2-5, 4.33 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 32 strikeouts)
LINE: Brewers -165, Royals +144; over/under is 9 runs
BOTTOM LINE: Whit Merrifield and the Royals will take on the Brewers Tuesday.
The Brewers are 27-21 in home games in 2020. Milwaukee has slugged .383 this season. Willy Adames leads the team with a .492 slugging percentage, including 39 extra-base hits and 16 home runs.
The Royals are 15-31 on the road. Kansas City has a collective on-base percentage of .305, led by Carlos Santana with a mark of .358.
The Royals won the last meeting 6-4. Scott Barlow earned his second victory and Michael A. Taylor went 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBIs for Kansas City. J.P. Feyereisen took his second loss for Milwaukee.
TOP PERFORMERS: Avisail Garcia leads the Brewers with 17 home runs and has 57 RBIs.
Salvador Perez leads the Royals with 37 extra base hits and is batting .279.
LAST 10 GAMES: Brewers: 5-5, .247 batting average, 2.48 ERA, outscored opponents by 15 runs
Royals: 2-8, .231 batting average, 6.26 ERA, outscored by 24 runs
INJURIES: Brewers: Devin Williams: (elbow), Justin Topa: (elbow), Dylan File: (elbow), Brad Boxberger: (undisclosed), Lorenzo Cain: (hamstring), Daniel Vogelbach: (hamstring), Travis Shaw: (shoulder), Mark Mathias: (shoulder).
Royals: Daniel Tillo: (undisclosed), Jesse Hahn: (shoulder), Ronald Bolanos: (flexor), Emmanuel Rivera: (hand), Adalberto Mondesi: (oblique).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
