Royals play the Red Sox on home winning streak

Boston Red Sox (20-20, second in the AL East) vs. Kansas City Royals (24-16, third in the AL Central)

Kansas City, Missouri; Saturday, 7:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Garrett Crochet (3-2, 2.02 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 56 strikeouts); Royals: Cole Ragans (2-1, 3.79 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 57 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red Sox -121, Royals +101; over/under is 7 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals will try to keep their five-game home win streak alive when they play the Boston Red Sox.

Kansas City has a 24-16 record overall and a 16-5 record in home games. The Royals have gone 7-0 in games when they scored five or more runs.

Boston has a 9-11 record on the road and a 20-20 record overall. The Red Sox have the fourth-ranked team on-base percentage in the AL at .324.

The teams meet Saturday for the second time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Bobby Witt Jr. leads the Royals with a .318 batting average, and has 16 doubles, five home runs, 17 walks and 23 RBIs. Maikel Garcia is 16 for 37 with two home runs and seven RBIs over the last 10 games.

Alexander Bregman leads the Red Sox with 24 extra base hits (15 doubles and nine home runs). Wilyer Abreu is 11 for 40 with a double, four home runs and seven RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Royals: 9-1, .294 batting average, 1.37 ERA, outscored opponents by 31 runs

Red Sox: 4-6, .254 batting average, 3.06 ERA, outscored opponents by nine runs

INJURIES: Royals: Alec Marsh: 60-Day IL (shoulder), James McArthur: 60-Day IL (elbow), Hunter Harvey: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Sam Long: 15-Day IL (elbow), Dairon Blanco: 10-Day IL (achilles), Kyle Wright: 15-Day IL (shoulder)

Red Sox: Romy Gonzalez: day-to-day (back), Triston Casas: 10-Day IL (knee), Walker Buehler: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Richard Fitts: 15-Day IL (pectoral), Zach Penrod: 60-Day IL (elbow), Masataka Yoshida: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Kutter Crawford: 15-Day IL (knee), Chris Murphy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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