Detroit; Friday, 7:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Carlos Hernandez (6-2, 3.68 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 73 strikeouts) Tigers: Casey Mize (7-8, 3.64 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 111 strikeouts)
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Tigers -113, Royals -105; over/under is 9 runs
BOTTOM LINE: Detroit and Kansas City will square off on Friday.
The Tigers are 41-36 on their home turf. Detroit is hitting a collective batting average of .241 this season, led by Jeimer Candelario with an average of .275.
The Royals have gone 33-44 away from home. Kansas City is slugging .395 as a unit. Salvador Perez leads the team with a slugging percentage of .546.
The Royals won the last meeting 6-1. Daniel Lynch notched his first victory and Jorge Soler went 3-for-4 with two home runs and two RBIs for Kansas City. Tarik Skubal registered his ninth loss for Detroit.
Whit Merrifield leads the Royals with 173 hits and is batting .278.
LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 7-3, .210 batting average, 3.19 ERA
Royals: 5-5, .302 batting average, 4.87 ERA, outscored by one run
INJURIES: Tigers: Spencer Turnbull: (forearm), Julio Teheran: (shoulder), Gregory Soto: (finger), Rony Garcia: (knee), Miguel Del Pozo: (covid-19), Jose Cisnero: (elbow), Matthew Boyd: (elbow), Derek Hill: (knee), Miguel Cabrera: (back), Jake Rogers: (arm).
Royals: Mike Minor: (shoulder), Richard Lovelady: (elbow), Brad Keller: (shoulder), Jakob Junis: (shoulder), Jesse Hahn: (shoulder), Wade Davis: (shoulder).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.