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Cleveland Indians (64-64, second in AL Central) vs. Kansas City Royals (59-71, fourth in AL Central)
Kansas City, Missouri; Tuesday, 8:10 p.m. EDT
PITCH LIKELY: Indians: Zach Plesac (8-4, 4.78 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 73 strikeouts) Royals: Mike Minor (8-11, 5.30 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 142 strikeouts )
FANDUEL SPORTS BOOK LINE: Royals -125, Indians +105; over / under is 7 1/2 strokes
BOTTOM LINE: Kansas City and Cleveland meet on Tuesday.
The Royals are 32-31 on home turf. Kansas City defeats .391 as a unit. Salvador Perez leads the club with a slugging percentage of 0.544, including 57 hits and 38 homers.
The Indians went 29-34 far from home. Cleveland has a based team percentage of .302, led by Jose Ramirez with a .341 rating.
The Indians won the last game 14-6. Cal Quantrill claimed his first victory and Oscar Mercado went 3 for 4 with a brace, homerun and four RBIs for Cleveland. Mike Minor suffered his eighth loss for Kansas City.
BEST PERFORMERS: Perez leads the Royals with 57 more hits and hits .277.
Ramirez leads the Indians with 63 more hits and 85 RBIs.
LAST 10 GAMES: Royals: 7-3, 0.270 batting average, 2.46 ERA, edged opponents by 19 points
Indians: 6-4, 0.282 batting average, 3.22 ERA, edged opponents by 18 points
INJURIES: Royals: Richard Lovelady: (elbow), Brad Keller: (shoulder), Greg Holland: (shoulder), Jesse Hahn: (shoulder), Jake Brentz: (shoulder), Ronald Bolanos: (flexor), Adalberto Mondesi: ( oblique).
Indians: Nick Sandlin: (shoulder), Triston McKenzie: (shoulder), Aaron Civale: (finger), Shane Bieber: (shoulder), Harold Ramirez: (hamstrings), Josh Naylor: (ankle), Ernie Clement: ( health protocols)), Wilson Ramos: (lower body), Roberto Perez: (shoulder).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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