Padres and Royals square off with series tied 1-1
Kansas City Royals (38-39, third in the AL Central) vs. San Diego Padres (41-35, third in the NL West)
San Diego; Sunday, 4:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Seth Lugo (4-5, 3.05 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 61 strikeouts); Padres: Randy Vasquez (3-4, 3.70 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 43 strikeouts)
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BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Royals -114, Padres -105; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The San Diego Padres and Kansas City Royals meet on Sunday with the three-game series tied 1-1.
San Diego is 41-35 overall and 22-13 in home games. Padres hitters are batting a collective .250, which ranks sixth in the NL.
Kansas City is 19-20 on the road and 38-39 overall. Royals pitchers have a collective 3.42 ERA, which ranks fourth in MLB play.
The teams meet Sunday for the third time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Manny Machado has 20 doubles, 12 home runs and 46 RBIs for the Padres. Xander Bogaerts is 13 for 42 with four doubles, a home run and five RBIs over the past 10 games.
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Bobby Witt Jr. has 26 doubles, three triples and 10 home runs for the Royals. Maikel Garcia is 14 for 39 with three doubles, a triple and a home run over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Padres: 3-7, .261 batting average, 4.96 ERA, outscored by three runs
Royals: 4-6, .207 batting average, 3.44 ERA, outscored by three runs
INJURIES: Padres: Yu Darvish: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jackson Merrill: 7-Day IL (concussion), Michael King: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Logan Gillaspie: 15-Day IL (oblique ), Jhony Brito: 60-Day IL (forearm), Joe Musgrove: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Royals: Cole Ragans: 15-Day IL (rotator cuff), Michael Massey: 10-Day IL (ankle), Hunter Harvey: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alec Marsh: 60-Day IL (shoulder), James McArthur: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kyle Wright: 15-Day IL (shoulder)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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