Royals bring 4-game road win streak into matchup with the Red Sox

Kansas City Royals (52-43, third in the AL Central) vs. Boston Red Sox (51-42, third in the AL East)

Boston; Saturday, 4:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Seth Lugo (11-3, 2.21 ERA, 1.04 WHIP, 110 strikeouts); Red Sox: Kutter Crawford (5-7, 3.24 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 106 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Red Sox -131, Royals +110; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals will try to keep a four-game road win streak going when they visit the Boston Red Sox.

Boston is 22-25 at home and 51-42 overall. The Red Sox have the third-ranked team ERA in the AL at 3.64.

Kansas City is 52-43 overall and 21-25 on the road. The Royals are 41-7 in games when they out-hit their opponents.

The teams square off Saturday for the second time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Rafael Devers leads the Red Sox with a .289 batting average, and has 17 doubles, four triples, 21 home runs, 41 walks and 58 RBI. Masataka Yoshida is 14-for-40 with two home runs and 11 RBI over the past 10 games.

Bobby Witt Jr. has 25 doubles, nine triples, 16 home runs and 63 RBI for the Royals. MJ Melendez is 11-for-35 with two doubles, three home runs and five RBI over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 7-3, .251 batting average, 3.68 ERA, outscored opponents by eight runs

Royals: 6-4, .274 batting average, 3.58 ERA, outscored opponents by 15 runs

INJURIES: Red Sox: Justin Slaten: 15-Day IL (elbow), Chris Martin: 15-Day IL (elbow), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (rib), Vaughn Grissom: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Garrett Whitlock: 60-Day IL (oblique), Trevor Story: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Bryan Mata: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Liam Hendriks: 60-Day IL (elbow), Chris Murphy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Lucas Giolito: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Royals: Salvador Perez: day-to-day (cramps), Dan Altavilla: 60-Day IL (oblique), Josh Taylor: 60-Day IL (biceps), Kyle Wright: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.