Brewers look to end skid in matchup with the Royals

Kansas City Royals (2-2) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (0-4)

Milwaukee; Tuesday, 7:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Michael Lorenzen (0-0); Brewers: Chad Patrick (0-0, 18.00 ERA, 3.00 WHIP, one strikeout)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Brewers -112, Royals -107; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Milwaukee Brewers enter a matchup with the Kansas City Royals as losers of four games in a row.

Milwaukee had a 93-69 record overall and a 47-34 record at home last season. The Brewers averaged 8.4 hits per game last season while batting a collective .248 and slugging .403.

Kansas City went 86-76 overall and 41-40 in road games a season ago. The Royals averaged 8.3 hits per game last season and totaled 170 home runs.

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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