Kansas City Royals (32-19, second in the AL Central) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (25-26, fourth in the AL East) St. Petersburg, Florida; Friday, 6:50 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Seth Lugo (7-1, 1.79 ERA, 0.98 WHIP, 58 strikeouts); Rays: Shawn Armstrong (1-1, 4.03 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 26 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK : LINE Royals -116, Rays -104; over/under is 8 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays play the Kansas City Royals looking to break a four-game home losing streak. Tampa Bay is 25-26 overall and 14-15 in home games. The Rays are 11-2 in games when they did not allow a home run. Kansas City is 11-11 in road games and 32-19 overall. Royals hitters have a collective .310 on-base percentage,
W | L | Pct | GB | |
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33 | 17 | .660 | 0.0 | |
32 | 19 | .627 | 1.5 | |
26 | 23 | .531 | 6.5 | |
23 | 27 | .460 | 10.0 | |
15 | 36 | .294 | 18.5 |