Royals aim to stop road slide, take on the Cardinals

Kansas City Royals (19-27, fifth in the AL Central) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (27-18, third in the NL Central)

St. Louis; Sunday, 2:15 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Stephen Kolek (1-0, 6.75 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, nine strikeouts); Cardinals: Andre Pallante (4-3, 4.46 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 33 strikeouts)

LINE: Cardinals -116, Royals -104; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals will try to stop a five-game road losing streak when they visit the St. Louis Cardinals.

St. Louis has a 27-18 record overall and a 12-10 record at home. The Cardinals are 11-5 in games when they did not allow a home run.

Kansas City is 19-27 overall and 6-17 in road games. Royals hitters have a collective .318 on-base percentage, the 10th-ranked percentage in the AL.

Sunday's game is the third time these teams meet this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: JJ Wetherholt has five doubles, eight home runs and 22 RBIs for the Cardinals. Jordan Walker is 12 for 39 with four doubles and three home runs over the past 10 games.

Bobby Witt Jr. leads the Royals with seven home runs while slugging .503. Maikel Garcia is 12 for 41 with four doubles and five RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Cardinals: 6-4, .244 batting average, 3.10 ERA, outscored opponents by two runs

Royals: 2-8, .232 batting average, 4.75 ERA, outscored by 12 runs

INJURIES: Cardinals: Ramon Urias: 10-Day IL (elbow), Lars Nootbaar: 60-Day IL (heels)

Royals: Matt Strahm: 15-Day IL (knee), Cole Ragans: 15-Day IL (elbow), Carlos Estevez: 15-Day IL (foot), Jonathan India: 10-Day IL (shoulder), James McArthur: 60-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.