Blue Jays and Royals fulfill to identify series winner
Kansas City Royals (55-56, 3rd in the AL Central) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (65-47, initially in the AL East)
Toronto; Sunday, 1:37 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Seth Lugo (8-5, 3.03 AGE, 1.13 WHIP, 104 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Chris Bassitt (11-5, 4.24 AGE, 1.34 WHIP, 121 strikeouts)
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BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals fulfill on Sunday with the three-game series tied 1-1.
Toronto has a 38-18 record in home games and a 65-47 record overall. The Blue Jays are 46-11 in games when they out-hit their opponents.Kansas City is 55-56 general and 27-28 in roadway games. The Royals have gone 24-4 in games when they scored a minimum of 5 runs.The groups square off Sunday for the 3rd time this season.TOP PERFORMERS: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has 24 doubles and 16 crowning achievement for heaven Jays.
Bo Bichette is 20 for 45 with 4 doubles over the past 10 games.Advertisement Maikel Garcia has 28 doubles, five triples, 10 home runs and 47 RBIs while striking.299 for the Royals.
Salvador Perez
is 11 for 38 with a double and 3 home runs over the last 10 games.LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jays: 5-5,.295 batting average, 6.38 AGE, outscored by 13 runs Royals: 6-4,.230 batting average, 4.00 ERA, outscored opponents by six runs INJURIES: Blue Jays: Tyler Heineman: day-to-day( head), George Springer: 7-Day IL( head), Shane Bieber: 60-Day IL (elbow), Bowden Francis
: 60-Day IL(shoulder ), Alejandro Kirk: 7-Day IL(concussion), Ryan Burr: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Nick Sandlin: 15-Day IL (elbow), Andres Gimenez: 10-Day IL (ankle), Yimi Garcia: 15-Day IL (ankle), Anthony Santander: 60-Day IL(shoulder), Alek Manoah: 60-Day IL (elbow), Angel Bastardo: 60-Day IL (elbow)Ad Royals: Steven Cruz: daily (shoulder), Jonathan India: daily (elbow), Kris Bubic: 60-Day IL (rotator cuff), Jac Caglianone: 10-Day IL(
hamstring), Michael Lorenzen: 15-Day IL (oblique), Cole Ragans: 60-Day IL (rotator cuff ), Mark Canha: 10-Day IL(elbow), Daniel Lynch: 15-Day IL (elbow), Michael Massey: 10-Day IL (ankle), Alec Marsh: 60-Day IL (shoulder), James McArthur: 60-Day IL (elbow)___ The Associated Press created this story using technology offered by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.