Royals play the Twins leading series 2-1

Kansas City Royals (26-39, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Minnesota Twins (30-36, third in the AL Central)

Minneapolis; Sunday, 2:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Noah Cameron (2-4, 4.22 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 56 strikeouts); Twins: Connor Prielipp (2-3, 5.26 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 42 strikeouts)

LINE: Royals -111, Twins -108; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals meet the Minnesota Twins leading the series 2-1.

Minnesota has gone 18-17 in home games and 30-36 overall. The Twins have hit 71 total home runs to rank seventh in the AL.

Kansas City has a 26-39 record overall and an 11-22 record in road games. The Royals have an 11-7 record in games when they hit at least two home runs.

Sunday's game is the seventh time these teams match up this season. The Royals hold a 4-2 advantage in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Byron Buxton leads the Twins with 18 home runs while slugging .549. Kody Clemens is 11 for 39 with three doubles, a triple, four home runs and six RBIs over the past 10 games.

Bobby Witt Jr. leads the Royals with a .284 batting average, and has 17 doubles, a triple, nine home runs, 30 walks and 27 RBIs. Michael Massey is 13 for 34 with three home runs and seven RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Twins: 3-7, .240 batting average, 6.06 ERA, outscored by 16 runs

Royals: 4-6, .242 batting average, 4.60 ERA, outscored by nine runs

INJURIES: Twins: Byron Buxton: day-to-day (shoulder), Cole Sands: 15-Day IL (forearm), Mick Abel: 15-Day IL (elbow), Bailey Ober: 15-Day IL (elbow), Kendry Rojas: 15-Day IL (elbow), David Festa: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Garrett Acton: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ryan Jeffers: 10-Day IL (hand), Pablo Lopez: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Royals: Jac Caglianone: day-to-day (shoulder), Jonathan India: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Kris Bubic: 15-Day IL (elbow), Nick Mears: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Cole Ragans: 15-Day IL (elbow), James McArthur: 60-Day IL (elbow), Carlos Estevez: 15-Day IL (foot), 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.