Guardians host the Royals to open 3-game series

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Kansas City Royals (4-5) vs. Cleveland Guardians (6-4)

Cleveland; Monday, 6:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Michael Wacha (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.67 WHIP, seven strikeouts); Guardians: Tanner Bibee (0-1, 4.00 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 11 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Guardians -118, Royals -101; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians host the Kansas City Royals to start a three-game series.

Cleveland went 88-74 overall and 45-36 in home games a season ago. The Guardians slugged .373 as a team last season with 2.6 extra base hits per game.

Kansas City went 82-80 overall and 39-42 in road games last season. The Royals averaged 2.9 extra base hits per game, including 1.0 home run.

INJURIES: Guardians: George Valera: 10-Day IL (calf), Andrew Walters: 15-Day IL (lat), Hunter Gaddis: 15-Day IL (forearm)

Royals: Bailey Falter: 15-Day IL (elbow), Michael Wacha: day-to-day (illness), Carlos Estevez: 15-Day IL (foot), Stephen Kolek: 15-Day IL (oblique), James McArthur: 15-Day IL (elbow), Michael Massey: 10-Day IL (calf), 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.