Royals host the Giants in first of 3-game series

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San Francisco Giants (42-57, fourth in the NL West) vs. Kansas City Royals (40-60, fifth in the AL Central)

Kansas City, Missouri; Monday, 7:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Giants: Trevor McDonald (3-7, 5.02 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 54 strikeouts); Royals: Michael Wacha (5-7, 3.77 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 96 strikeouts)

LINE: Royals -120, Giants -102; over/under is 10 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals start a three-game series at home against the San Francisco Giants on Monday.

Kansas City has a 40-60 record overall and a 23-27 record at home. Royals hitters have a collective .399 slugging percentage to rank sixth in the AL.

San Francisco is 42-57 overall and 20-32 in road games. The Giants have the sixth-best team slugging percentage in the majors at .418.

Monday's game is the first time these teams square off this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jac Caglianone leads the Royals with 16 home runs while slugging .471. Lane Thomas is 14 for 38 with four home runs and 10 RBIs over the past 10 games.

Rafael Devers leads the Giants with 20 home runs while slugging .472. Bryce Eldridge is 10 for 36 with three home runs and four RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Royals: 4-6, .296 batting average, 6.38 ERA, outscored by 14 runs

Giants: 5-5, .241 batting average, 3.43 ERA, outscored opponents by five runs

INJURIES: Royals: Maikel Garcia: 10-Day IL (hand), Stephen Kolek: 15-Day IL (flexor), Bobby Witt Jr.: day-to-day (back), Kyle Isbel: 10-Day IL (foot), Nick Mears: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Carlos Estevez: 60-Day IL (foot), Cole Ragans: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kris Bubic: 60-Day IL (elbow), Connor Seabold: 15-Day IL (lat), James McArthur: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jonathan India: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alec Marsh: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

Giants: Victor Bericoto: 10-Day IL (oblique), Jonah Cox: 10-Day IL (oblique), Harrison Bader: 10-Day IL (plantar fasciitis), Matt Chapman: 10-Day IL (leg), Matt Gage: 15-Day IL (elbow), Jose Butto: 60-Day IL (arm), Joel Peguero: 60-Day IL (hamstring), Hayden Birdsong: 60-Day IL (forearm), Randy Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Rowan Wick: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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