Minnesota Twins (2-6) vs. Kansas City Royals (3-5)
Kansas City, Missouri; Tuesday, 8:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Twins: Chris Archer (0-0, .00 ERA, .50 WHIP, three strikeouts); Royals: Carlos Hernandez (0-0, 8.31 ERA, 1.85 WHIP, one strikeout)
LINE: Twins -113, Royals -105; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals host the Minnesota Twins to open a three-game series.
Kansas City went 74-88 overall and 39-42 at home a season ago. The Royals pitching staff had a 4.64 ERA collectively last season while averaging 8.6 strikeouts and 3.8 walks per nine innings.
Minnesota had a 73-89 record overall and a 35-46 record in road games last season. The Twins averaged 3.2 extra base hits per game, including 1.4 home runs.
INJURIES: Royals: Tyler Zuber: 60-Day IL (shoulder)
Twins: Sonny Gray: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Byron Buxton: day-to-day (knee), Alex Kirilloff: 10-Day IL (wrist), Jorge Alcala: 10-Day IL (elbow), Kenta Maeda: 60-Day IL (elbow), Randy Dobnak: 60-Day IL (undisclosed)
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