Brewers and Royals meet in series rubber match

Kansas City Royals (2-3) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (1-4)

Milwaukee; Wednesday, 1:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Cole Ragans (0-0, 5.40 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, three strikeouts); Brewers: Freddy Peralta (0-1, 3.60 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, eight strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Brewers -112, Royals -107; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Milwaukee Brewers and Kansas City Royals meet on Wednesday with the winner claiming the three-game series.

Milwaukee went 93-69 overall and 47-34 in home games a season ago. The Brewers slugged .403 as a team last season with 2.8 extra base hits per game.

Kansas City went 86-76 overall and 41-40 on the road a season ago. The Royals slugged .403 as a team in the 2024 season while hitting one home run per game.

INJURIES: Brewers: Aaron Civale: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Blake Perkins: 10-Day IL (shin), Tobias Myers: 15-Day IL (oblique), Brandon Woodruff: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Nick Mears: 15-Day IL (illness), Aaron Ashby: 15-Day IL (oblique), D.L. Hall: 60-Day IL (lat), Robert Gasser: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Royals: Dairon Blanco: 10-Day IL (achilles), Kyle Wright: 15-Day IL (shoulder), James McArthur: 15-Day IL (elbow), Alec Marsh: 15-Day IL (shoulder)

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