Houston Astros\u00a0(32-39, fourth in the AL West) vs.\u00a0Kansas City Royals\u00a0(28-42, fifth in the AL Central)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kansas City, Missouri; Saturday, 7:10 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PITCHING PROBABLES: Astros:\u00a0Mike Burrows\u00a0(3-8, 5.77 ERA, 1.57 WHIP, 60 strikeouts); Royals:\u00a0Noah Cameron\u00a0(3-4, 3.84 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 63 strikeouts)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
LINE: Royals -113, Astros -106; over\/under is 9 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals aim to stop their three-game home skid with a victory against the Houston Astros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kansas City has a 16-20 record at home and a 28-42 record overall. The Royals have a 12-7 record in games when they hit at least two home runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Houston has a 16-20 record in road games and a 32-39 record overall. The Astros have the sixth-ranked team on-base percentage in the AL at .319.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The teams meet Saturday for the second time this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TOP PERFORMERS:\u00a0Vinnie Pasquantino\u00a0has 10 doubles, two triples and six home runs for the Royals.\u00a0Jac Caglianone\u00a0is 16 for 35 with two doubles and three home runs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yordan Alvarez\u00a0has 13 doubles and 24 home runs for the Astros.\u00a0Jeremy Pena\u00a0is 11 for 36 with three doubles over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
LAST 10 GAMES: Royals: 5-5, .259 batting average, 4.20 ERA, even run differential<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Astros: 5-5, .238 batting average, 4.80 ERA, outscored by three runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
INJURIES: Royals:\u00a0Kyle Isbel: 10-Day IL (foot), Seth Lugo: 7-Day IL (head), Cole Ragans: 15-Day IL (elbow),\u00a0Jonathan India: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Kris Bubic: 15-Day IL (elbow), Nick Mears: 15-Day IL (shoulder),\u00a0James McArthur: 60-Day IL (elbow), Carlos Estevez: 15-Day IL (foot),\u00a0Alec Marsh: 60-Day IL (shoulder)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Astros: Lance McCullers: 15-Day IL (shoulder),\u00a0Yainer Diaz: 10-Day IL (abdominal),\u00a0Hunter Brown: 60-Day IL (shoulder), LaMonte Wade: 10-Day IL (hamstring),\u00a0Cristian Javier: 60-Day IL (shoulder),\u00a0Nick Allen: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Bennett Sousa: 15-Day IL (elbow),\u00a0Braden Shewmake: 10-Day IL (groin),\u00a0Carlos Correa: 60-Day IL (ankle),\u00a0Brandon Walter: 60-Day IL (elbow),\u00a0Ronel Blanco: 60-Day IL (elbow),\u00a0Hayden Wesneski: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Houston Astros\u00a0(32-39, fourth in the AL West) vs.\u00a0Kansas City Royals\u00a0(28-42, fifth in the AL Central) Kansas City, Missouri; Saturday, 7:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Astros:\u00a0Mike Burrows\u00a0(3-8, 5.77 ERA, 1.57 WHIP, 60 strikeouts); Royals:\u00a0Noah Cameron\u00a0(3-4, 3.84 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 63 strikeouts) LINE: Royals -113, Astros -106; over\/under is 9 1\/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-416156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12903"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416156"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":416157,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416156\/revisions\/416157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}