Diamondbacks visit the Royals to begin 3-game series

Arizona Diamondbacks (51-49, second in the NL West) vs. Kansas City Royals (55-45, third in the AL Central)

Kansas City, Missouri; Monday, 8:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Diamondbacks: Yilber Diaz (1-0, 1.50 ERA, 0.92 WHIP, seven strikeouts); Royals: Cole Ragans (6-6, 3.16 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 141 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Royals -159, Diamondbacks +134; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals host the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday to begin a three-game series.

Kansas City has a 55-45 record overall and a 34-18 record at home. The Royals have the sixth-ranked team ERA in the AL at 3.72.

Arizona has a 25-25 record in road games and a 51-49 record overall. The Diamondbacks have gone 25-9 in games when they did not allow a home run.

The matchup Monday is the first meeting this season between the two teams.

TOP PERFORMERS: Bobby Witt Jr. has 17 home runs, 29 walks and 66 RBI while hitting .337 for the Royals. Salvador Perez is 12-for-37 with three home runs and eight RBI over the last 10 games.

Ketel Marte has 19 doubles, two triples and 19 home runs while hitting .289 for the Diamondbacks. Eugenio Suarez is 9-for-37 with a double and four home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Royals: 7-3, .271 batting average, 2.59 ERA, outscored opponents by 25 runs

Diamondbacks: 6-4, .229 batting average, 2.74 ERA, outscored opponents by 14 runs

INJURIES: Royals: MJ Melendez: 10-Day IL (ankle), Dan Altavilla: 60-Day IL (oblique), Josh Taylor: 60-Day IL (biceps), Kyle Wright: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

Diamondbacks: Jordan Montgomery: 15-Day IL (knee), Blake Walston: 15-Day IL (elbow), Merrill Kelly: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Kyle Nelson: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Eduardo Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Drey Jameson: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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