Cleveland Guardians host the Kansas City Royals Tuesday

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Kansas City Royals (65-94, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Cleveland Guardians (90-70, first in the AL Central)

Cleveland; Tuesday, 6:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Daniel Lynch (4-12, 4.90 ERA, 1.56 WHIP, 120 strikeouts); Guardians: Cal Quantrill (14-5, 3.42 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 124 strikeouts)

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Guardians -184, Royals +155; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians host the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday.

Cleveland is 90-70 overall and 44-35 at home. The Guardians are 73-18 in games when they have more hits than their opponents.

Kansas City is 65-94 overall and 26-52 in road games. The Royals have a 48-15 record in games when they have more hits than their opponents.

The teams square off Tuesday for the 18th time this season. The Guardians are ahead 10-7 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Amed Rosario has 26 doubles, nine triples, 11 home runs and 71 RBI for the Guardians. Oscar Gonzalez is 14-for-42 with two doubles and two home runs over the past 10 games.

Salvador Perez has 23 doubles, a triple, 23 home runs and 76 RBI for the Royals. Drew Waters is 10-for-26 with a double, a triple and three home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Guardians: 7-3, .241 batting average, 2.68 ERA, outscored opponents by eight runs

Royals: 4-6, .269 batting average, 4.97 ERA, outscored by one run

INJURIES: Guardians: Anthony Gose: 60-Day IL (tricep)

Royals: Salvador Perez: day-to-day (thumb), Josh Staumont: 15-Day IL (biceps), Angel Zerpa: 60-Day IL (knee), Jake Brentz: 60-Day IL (flexor), Adalberto Mondesi: 60-Day IL (knee), Tyler Zuber: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

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