Blue Jays and Royals meet to determine series winner
By The Associated Press
Kansas City Royals (55-56, third in the AL Central) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (65-47, first in the AL East)
Toronto; Sunday, 1:37 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Seth Lugo (8-5, 3.03 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 104 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Chris Bassitt (11-5, 4.24 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 121 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blue Jays -145, Royals +121; over/under is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals meet on Sunday with the three-game series tied 1-1.
Toronto has a 38-18 record in home games and a 65-47 record overall. The Blue Jays are 46-11 in games when they out-hit their opponents.
Kansas City is 55-56 overall and 27-28 in road games. The Royals have gone 24-4 in games when they scored at least five runs.
The teams square off Sunday for the third time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has 24 doubles and 16 home runs for the Blue Jays. Bo Bichette is 20 for 45 with four doubles over the past 10 games.
Maikel Garcia has 28 doubles, five triples, 10 home runs and 47 RBIs while hitting .299 for the Royals. Salvador Perez is 11 for 38 with a double and three home runs over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jays: 5-5, .295 batting average, 6.38 ERA, outscored by 13 runs
Royals: 6-4, .230 batting average, 4.00 ERA, outscored opponents by six runs
INJURIES: Blue Jays: Tyler Heineman: day-to-day (head), George Springer: 7-Day IL (head), Shane Bieber: 60-Day IL (elbow), Bowden Francis: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alejandro Kirk: 7-Day IL (concussion), Ryan Burr: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Nick Sandlin: 15-Day IL (elbow), Andres Gimenez: 10-Day IL (ankle), Yimi Garcia: 15-Day IL (ankle), Anthony Santander: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alek Manoah: 60-Day IL (elbow), Angel Bastardo: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Royals: Steven Cruz: day-to-day (shoulder), Jonathan India: day-to-day (elbow), Kris Bubic: 60-Day IL (rotator cuff), Jac Caglianone: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Michael Lorenzen: 15-Day IL (oblique), Cole Ragans: 60-Day IL (rotator cuff), Mark Canha: 10-Day IL (elbow), Daniel Lynch: 15-Day IL (elbow), 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.
