Red Sox host the Royals on home winning streak
By The Associated Press
Kansas City Royals (56-58, third in the AL Central) vs. Boston Red Sox (64-51, second in the AL East)
Boston; Wednesday, 7:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Michael Wacha (5-9, 3.38 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 95 strikeouts); Red Sox: Dustin May (6-7, 4.85 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 97 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red Sox -146, Royals +121; over/under is 9 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox will try to keep a seven-game home win streak going when they face the Kansas City Royals.
Boston is 64-51 overall and 39-21 in home games. The Red Sox have the third-ranked team on-base percentage in the AL at .324.
Kansas City has a 56-58 record overall and a 28-30 record on the road. The Royals are 32-13 in games when they did not allow a home run.
The teams meet Wednesday for the sixth time this season. The Red Sox are up 4-1 in the season series.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jarren Duran has 31 doubles, 12 triples and 12 home runs while hitting .264 for the Red Sox. Trevor Story is 12 for 36 with four doubles and three home runs over the last 10 games.
Bobby Witt Jr. has 37 doubles, four triples and 16 home runs while hitting .287 for the Royals. Maikel Garcia is 14 for 38 with three doubles, a triple and two home runs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 9-1, .287 batting average, 2.60 ERA, outscored opponents by 34 runs
Royals: 5-5, .236 batting average, 4.65 ERA, outscored opponents by two runs
INJURIES: Red Sox: Roman Anthony: day-to-day (back), Luis Guerrero: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tanner Houck: 60-Day IL (flexor), Hunter Dobbins: 60-Day IL (acl), Marcelo Mayer: 10-Day IL (wrist), Liam Hendriks: 60-Day IL (hip), Justin Slaten: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Josh Winckowski: 60-Day IL (elbow), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (knee), Kutter Crawford: 60-Day IL (knee), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Royals: Steven Cruz: 15-Day IL (shoulder), 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), 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.
