Royals come into matchup with the Padres on losing streak

San Diego Padres (32-29, second in the NL West) vs. Kansas City Royals (35-25, second in the AL Central) Kansas City, Missouri; Sunday, 2:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Padres: Michael King (4-4, 4.09 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 74 strikeouts); Royals: Cole Ragans (4-4, 3.36 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 83 strikeouts) BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals aim to break a three-game slide when they play the San Diego Padres. Kansas City is 35-25 overall and 21-10 in home games. The Royals have the seventh-best team batting average in MLB play at .252. San Diego is 32-29 overall and 19-10 in road games. Padres hitters are batting a collective .260, the top team batting average in the NL. The teams play Sunday for the third