Kansas City Royals and Tampa Bay Rays play in game 2 of series

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Kansas City Royals (15-15, third in the AL Central) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (14-15, third in the AL East)

Tampa, Florida; Wednesday, 7:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Noah Cameron (0-0); Rays: Drew Rasmussen (1-1, 2.10 ERA, 0.90 WHIP, 27 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rays -185, Royals +153; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals lead 1-0 in a three-game series with the Tampa Bay Rays.

Tampa Bay has a 9-11 record in home games and a 14-15 record overall. The Rays rank 10th in the AL with 26 total home runs, averaging 0.9 per game.

Kansas City is 15-15 overall and 4-10 on the road. The Royals are 10-2 in games when they have more hits than their opponents.

The teams meet Wednesday for the second time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jonathan Aranda has a .294 batting average to lead the Rays, and has eight doubles and four home runs. Yandy Diaz is 13-for-40 with seven RBI over the last 10 games.

Vinnie Pasquantino ranks fourth on the Royals with seven extra base hits (three doubles, a triple and three home runs). Drew Waters is 12-for-35 with three doubles, two triples, a home run and five RBI over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 6-4, .219 batting average, 3.19 ERA, outscored opponents by one run

Royals: 7-3, .263 batting average, 2.97 ERA, outscored opponents by five runs

INJURIES: Rays: Shane McClanahan: 60-Day IL (tricep), Jake Mangum: 10-Day IL (groin), Jonny Deluca: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Richie Palacios: 10-Day IL (knee), Alex Faedo: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Kevin Kelly: 15-Day IL (glute), Joshua Lowe: 10-Day IL (oblique), Ha-Seong Kim: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Nathan Lavender: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Royals: Cole Ragans: day-to-day (groin), Hunter Harvey: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Sam Long: 15-Day IL (elbow), Dairon Blanco: 10-Day IL (achilles), Kyle Wright: 15-Day IL (shoulder), James McArthur: 15-Day IL (elbow), Alec Marsh: 15-Day IL (shoulder)

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