Royals look to stop 4-game slide, take on the Angels

Kansas City Royals (49-73, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Los Angeles Angels (48-74, fourth in the AL West)

Anaheim, California; Friday, 9:38 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Seth Lugo (5-7, 4.41 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 104 strikeouts); Angels: Grayson Rodriguez (3-5, 7.20 ERA, 1.62 WHIP, 50 strikeouts)

LINE: Angels -110, Royals -109; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals look to stop their four-game losing streak with a win against the Los Angeles Angels.

Los Angeles is 48-74 overall and 28-34 in home games. The Angels have a 20-8 record in games when they hit two or more home runs.

Kansas City is 49-73 overall and 20-43 in road games. The Royals have a 31-14 record in games when they scored at least five runs.

The teams match up Friday for the fourth time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Nolan Schanuel leads the Angels with a .271 batting average, and has 21 doubles, seven home runs, 42 walks and 42 RBIs. Wade Meckler is 12 for 36 with an RBI over the last 10 games.

Bobby Witt Jr. has a .285 batting average to lead the Royals, and has 25 doubles, a triple and 13 home runs. Jac Caglianone is 17 for 39 with three home runs and 11 RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Angels: 5-5, .229 batting average, 3.72 ERA, outscored by nine runs

Royals: 3-7, .213 batting average, 4.86 ERA, outscored by 12 runs

INJURIES: Angels: Oswald Peraza: day-to-day (hand), Shaun Anderson: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Sebastian Rivero: 10-Day IL (hand), Sam Bachman: 15-Day IL (forearm), Yusei Kikuchi: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Yoan Moncada: 60-Day IL (knee), Jack Kochanowicz: 60-Day IL (elbow), Robert Stephenson: 60-Day IL (elbow), Anthony Rendon: 60-Day IL (hip)

Royals: Tony Gonsolin: 15-Day IL (elbow), Beck Way: 15-Day IL (back), Salvador Perez: day-to-day (elbow), James McArthur: 60-Day IL (elbow), Nick Mears: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Vinnie Pasquantino: 10-Day IL (wrist), Luinder Avila: 60-Day IL (forearm), Cole Ragans: 60-Day IL (elbow), Connor Seabold: 60-Day IL (lat), Maikel Garcia: 10-Day IL (hand), Carlos Estevez: 60-Day IL (foot), Stephen Kolek: 60-Day IL (flexor), Jonathan India: 60-Day IL (shoulder), 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.