Kansas City Royals (3-9, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Texas Rangers (7-4, first in the AL West)
Arlington, Texas; Wednesday, 8:05 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Brad Keller (0-0); Rangers: Nathan Eovaldi (0-0)
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Rangers -178, Royals +152; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals aim to break a three-game slide with a victory against the Texas Rangers.
Texas is 7-4 overall and 6-2 at home. The Rangers have a 6-0 record in games when they scored five or more runs.
Kansas City has a 3-9 record overall and a 2-3 record in road games. The Royals have a 2-7 record in games when they have allowed at least one home run.
The teams meet Wednesday for the third time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS:
LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 6-4, .000 batting average, 3.03 ERA, outscored opponents by 19 runs
Royals: 3-7, .000 batting average, 5.20 ERA, outscored by 19 runs
INJURIES: Rangers: Corey Seager: day-to-day (hamstring), Spencer Howard: 60-Day IL (lat), Mitch Garver: 10-Day IL (knee), Jake Odorizzi: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Leody Taveras: 10-Day IL (oblique), Josh Sborz: 15-Day IL (ankle), Glenn Otto: 60-Day IL (lat), Brett Martin: 60-Day IL (shoulder)
Royals: Diego Hernandez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Drew Waters: 10-Day IL (oblique), Daniel Lynch: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Jake Brentz: 60-Day IL (elbow), Angel Zerpa: 60-Day IL (shoulder)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
