Guardians play the Royals in series rubber match

Kansas City Royals (5-6, second in the AL Central) vs. Cleveland Guardians (7-5, first in the AL Central)

Cleveland; Wednesday, 1:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Cole Ragans (0-2, 3.60 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, 13 strikeouts); Guardians: Joey Cantillo (0-0, 3.00 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, 11 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians and Kansas City Royals play on Wednesday with the three-game series tied 1-1.

Cleveland is 3-2 in home games and 7-5 overall. The Guardians have the eighth-best team ERA in baseball at 3.31.

Kansas City has a 2-3 record on the road and a 5-6 record overall. The Royals have the fourth-ranked team batting average in the AL at .239.

The teams meet Wednesday for the third time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Chase DeLauter leads the Guardians with five home runs while slugging .714. Steven Kwan is 9 for 36 with two doubles, a home run and four RBIs over the past 10 games.

Maikel Garcia has a .310 batting average to lead the Royals, and has four doubles and a home run. Kyle Isbel is 12 for 28 with two home runs and five RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Guardians: 6-4, .189 batting average, 3.03 ERA, outscored by three runs

Royals: 5-5, .246 batting average, 3.88 ERA, outscored opponents by two runs

INJURIES: Guardians: Gabriel Arias: 10-Day IL (hamstring), 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), Carlos Estevez: 15-Day IL (foot), Stephen Kolek: 15-Day IL (oblique), James McArthur: 15-Day IL (elbow), 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.