Kansas City Royals (34-46, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (43-33, second in the AL East)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
St. Petersburg, Florida; Wednesday, 6:40 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Noah Cameron (4-4, 4.20 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 70 strikeouts); Rays: Griffin Jax (2-5, 3.67 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 46 strikeouts)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
LINE: Rays -152, Royals +124; over\/under is 7 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals play the Tampa Bay Rays after Nick Loftin had four hits on Tuesday in a 12-5 win over the Rays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tampa Bay is 26-12 in home games and 43-33 overall. The Rays have gone 28-7 in games when they scored five or more runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kansas City is 34-46 overall and 15-24 on the road. The Royals have gone 17-39 in games when they have given up a home run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wednesday’s game is the third meeting between these teams this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TOP PERFORMERS: Junior Caminero has 12 doubles, 16 home runs and 37 RBI while hitting .281 for the Rays. Jonathan Aranda is 12 for 38 with a double and a home run over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bobby Witt Jr. has 19 doubles, a triple, 10 home runs and 32 RBI for the Royals. Jac Caglianone is 12 for 40 with a double, six home runs and 11 RBI over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 3-7, .244 batting average, 4.08 ERA, outscored by 11 runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Royals: 6-4, .303 batting average, 5.11 ERA, outscored opponents by 16 runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
INJURIES: Rays: Jesse Scholtens: 15-Day IL (wrist), Gavin Lux: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Steven Wilson: 60-Day IL (back), Manuel Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jon Heasley: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jake Fraley: 10-Day IL (groin), Ryan Pepiot: 60-Day IL (hip), Edwin Uceta: 60-Day IL (shoulder)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Royals: Maikel Garcia: 10-Day IL (hand), Bobby Witt Jr.: day-to-day (knee), Carlos Estevez: 60-Day IL (foot), Nick Mears: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Kris Bubic: 15-Day IL (elbow), Cole Ragans: 60-Day IL (elbow), Vinnie Pasquantino: 10-Day IL (hand), Kyle Isbel: 10-Day IL (foot), Jonathan India: 60-Day IL (shoulder), James McArthur: 60-Day IL (elbow), Alec Marsh: 60-Day IL (shoulder)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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