Royals look to break road losing streak, face the Tigers

Kansas City Royals (66-64, second in the AL Central) vs. Detroit Tigers (78-53, first in the AL Central)

Detroit; Sunday, 1:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Seth Lugo (8-6, 3.73 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 115 strikeouts); Tigers: Jack Flaherty (7-12, 4.51 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 162 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals will try to end a three-game road losing streak when they play the Detroit Tigers.

Detroit has a 44-24 record at home and a 78-53 record overall. The Tigers have the fifth-ranked team batting average in the AL at .251.

Kansas City is 66-64 overall and 30-34 in road games. The Royals have gone 49-27 in games when they record at least eight hits.

Sunday’s game is the 10th time these teams square off this season. The Tigers are up 7-2 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Gleyber Torres has 19 doubles, 13 home runs and 60 RBIs for the Tigers. Riley Greene is 5 for 32 with three home runs and seven RBIs over the past 10 games.

Vinnie Pasquantino has 22 doubles, a triple and 27 home runs for the Royals. Mike Yastrzemski is 8 for 30 with a double and three home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 9-1, .248 batting average, 2.35 ERA, outscored opponents by 25 runs

Royals: 6-4, .275 batting average, 3.38 ERA, outscored opponents by eight runs

INJURIES: Tigers: Matt Vierling: 10-Day IL (oblique), Paul Sewald: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Reese Olson: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Parker Meadows: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Sean Guenther: 60-Day IL (hip), Jackson Jobe: 60-Day IL (flexor), Jason Foley: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alex Cobb: 60-Day IL (hip), Ty Madden: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jose Urquidy: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Royals: Bailey Falter: 15-Day IL (biceps), Hunter Harvey: 15-Day IL (abductor), Steven Cruz: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Kris Bubic: 60-Day IL (rotator cuff), Jac Caglianone: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Cole Ragans: 60-Day IL (rotator cuff), Michael Massey: 10-Day IL (ankle), Alec Marsh: 60-Day IL (shoulder), James McArthur: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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