Rockies play the Royals looking to stop road skid

By: The Associated Press Posted: 3:03 AM CDT Tuesday, Apr. 22, 2025

Colorado Rockies (4-17, fifth in the NL West) vs. Kansas City Royals (9-14, third in the AL Central)

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Colorado Rockies (4-17, fifth in the NL West) vs. Kansas City Royals (9-14, third in the AL Central)

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Colorado Rockies (4-17, fifth in the NL West) vs. Kansas City Royals (9-14, third in the AL Central)

Kansas City, Missouri; Tuesday, 7:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rockies: Ryan Feltner (0-1, 4.82 ERA, 1.61 WHIP, 17 strikeouts); Royals: Kristofer Sime Bubic (2-1, 1.87 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 27 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Royals -218, Rockies +180; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Rockies will look to break their 10-game road slide in a matchup against the Kansas City Royals.

Kansas City has a 6-4 record at home and a 9-14 record overall. The Royals have gone 4-2 in games decided by one run.

Colorado is 1-11 in road games and 4-17 overall. The Rockies have a 1-14 record in games when they have given up at least one home run.

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

TOP PERFORMERS: Bobby Witt Jr. leads the Royals with a .307 batting average, and has nine doubles, two home runs, nine walks and nine RBI. Maikel Garcia is 8-for-33 with four RBI over the past 10 games.

Kyle Farmer has a .306 batting average to lead the Rockies, and has nine doubles. Ezequiel Tovar is 11-for-42 with three RBI over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Royals: 2-8, .196 batting average, 4.55 ERA, outscored by 24 runs

Rockies: 2-8, .201 batting average, 4.93 ERA, outscored by 18 runs

INJURIES: Royals: Hunter Harvey: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Sam Long: 15-Day IL (elbow), Dairon Blanco: 10-Day IL (achilles), Kyle Wright: 15-Day IL (shoulder), James McArthur: 15-Day IL (elbow), Alec Marsh: 15-Day IL (shoulder)

Rockies: Victor Vodnik: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Austin Gomber: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ezequiel Tovar: 10-Day IL (hip), Tyler Freeman: 10-Day IL (oblique), Brenton Doyle: day-to-day (quadricep), Kristopher Lee Bryant: 10-Day IL (lumbar), Jeff Criswell: 60-Day IL (elbow), Thairo Estrada: 10-Day IL (wrist)

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