Royals meet the Guardians with 1-0 series lead

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Kansas City Royals (5-5) vs. Cleveland Guardians (6-5)

Cleveland; Tuesday, 1:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Noah Cameron (1-0, 1.80 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, five strikeouts); Guardians: Gavin Williams (1-1, 2.25 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 17 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Guardians -117, Royals -103; over/under is 7 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals play the Cleveland Guardians with a 1-0 series lead.

Cleveland had an 88-74 record overall and a 45-36 record at home last season. The Guardians averaged 2.6 extra base hits per game, including 1.0 home run.

Kansas City has a 5-5 record overall and a 2-2 record on the road. Royals hitters have a collective .335 on-base percentage, the seventh-best percentage in MLB play.

Tuesday's game is the second time these teams match up this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Chase DeLauter has five home runs, three walks and nine RBIs while hitting .286 for the Guardians. Steven Kwan is 10 for 36 with two doubles, a home run and three RBIs over the last 10 games.

Salvador Perez leads the Royals with two home runs while slugging .395. Kyle Isbel is 12 for 27 with two home runs and five RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Guardians: 5-5, .178 batting average, 3.48 ERA, outscored by eight runs

Royals: 5-5, .256 batting average, 4.29 ERA, outscored by three runs

INJURIES: Guardians: Gabriel Arias: day-to-day (lower body), George Valera: 10-Day IL (calf), Andrew Walters: 15-Day IL (lat), Hunter Gaddis: 15-Day IL (forearm)

Royals: Bailey Falter: 15-Day IL (elbow), Carlos Estevez: 15-Day IL (foot), Stephen Kolek: 15-Day IL (oblique), James McArthur: 15-Day IL (elbow), Alec Marsh: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.