Royals take 4-game win streak into game against the Athletics

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Kansas City Royals (12-17, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Athletics (15-14, first in the AL West)

West Sacramento, California; Wednesday, 9:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Michael Wacha (2-1, 2.51 ERA, 0.93 WHIP, 28 strikeouts); Athletics: Luis Severino (1-2, 5.17 ERA, 1.56 WHIP, 32 strikeouts)

LINE: Athletics -119, Royals -100; over/under is 10 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals seek to prolong a four-game win streak with a victory against the Athletics.

The Athletics are 15-14 overall and 5-6 at home. The Athletics have the 10th-ranked team ERA in the AL at 4.37.

Kansas City has gone 3-10 in road games and 12-17 overall. Royals hitters have a collective .320 on-base percentage, the ninth-ranked percentage in the AL.

Wednesday's game is the second meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Tyler Soderstrom has 10 doubles, a triple, three home runs and 18 RBIs for the Athletics. Nick Kurtz is 10 for 36 with four home runs over the last 10 games.

Carter Jensen leads the Royals with six home runs while slugging .506. Salvador Perez is 12 for 45 with three home runs and eight RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Athletics: 5-5, .251 batting average, 4.14 ERA, outscored by one run

Royals: 5-5, .264 batting average, 5.18 ERA, outscored by two runs

INJURIES: Athletics: Max Muncy: 10-Day IL (hand), Tyler Soderstrom: day-to-day (shoulder), Denzel Clarke: 10-Day IL (foot), Gunnar Hoglund: 60-Day IL (knee)

Royals: Bailey Falter: 15-Day IL (elbow), Vinnie Pasquantino: day-to-day (back), Jonathan India: 10-Day IL (shoulder), James McArthur: 60-Day IL (elbow), Stephen Kolek: 15-Day IL (oblique), Carlos Estevez: 15-Day IL (foot), 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.