Royals play the Mariners in series rubber match

Seattle Mariners (25-28, second in the AL West) vs. Kansas City Royals (21-31, fourth in the AL Central)

Kansas City, Missouri; Sunday, 2:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Mariners: Bryan Woo (4-2, 3.51 ERA, 0.98 WHIP, 55 strikeouts); Royals: Seth Lugo (1-4, 3.68 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 51 strikeouts)

LINE: Mariners -141, Royals +119; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals and Seattle Mariners meet on Sunday with the winner claiming the three-game series.

Kansas City is 14-14 at home and 21-31 overall. The Royals have a 4-9 record in games decided by one run.

Seattle is 25-28 overall and 11-13 on the road. The Mariners have a 12-4 record in games when they hit two or more home runs.

The teams play Sunday for the sixth time this season. The Royals are ahead 4-1 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Bobby Witt Jr. has a .298 batting average to lead the Royals, and has 13 doubles, a triple and seven home runs. Jac Caglianone is 8 for 32 with a home run and three RBIs over the past 10 games.

Randy Arozarena leads the Mariners with a .294 batting average, and has 13 doubles, a triple, five home runs, 23 walks and 21 RBIs. Josh Naylor is 9 for 38 with two RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Royals: 2-8, .210 batting average, 3.47 ERA, outscored by 12 runs

Mariners: 4-6, .189 batting average, 3.13 ERA, outscored by four runs

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

Mariners: Gabe Speier: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Brendan Donovan: 10-Day IL (groin), Cal Raleigh: 10-Day IL (side), Will Wilson: 10-Day IL (thumb), Logan Evans: 60-Day IL (arm), Carlos Vargas: 60-Day IL (lat), Miles Mastrobuoni: 60-Day IL (calf)

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