Royals try to end 7-game road losing streak, play the Yankees

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Kansas City Royals (7-14, fifth in the AL Central) vs. New York Yankees (12-9, second in the AL East)

New York; Sunday, 1:35 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Cole Ragans (0-3, 3.78 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 16 strikeouts); Yankees: Ryan Weathers (0-2, 4.29 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 28 strikeouts)

LINE: Yankees -149, Royals +125; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals travel to the New York Yankees looking to stop a seven-game road slide.

New York has a 12-9 record overall and a 7-5 record in home games. The Yankees are 8-0 in games when they have more hits than their opponents.

Kansas City has a 7-14 record overall and a 2-9 record on the road. The Royals are 5-1 in games when they have more hits than their opponents.

Sunday's game is the third meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ben Rice leads the Yankees with a .339 batting average, and has six doubles, seven home runs, 16 walks and 17 RBIs. Cody Bellinger is 11 for 39 with two home runs and eight RBIs over the past 10 games.

Jac Caglianone leads the Royals with a .270 batting average, and has four doubles, a triple, five walks and an RBI. Bobby Witt Jr. is 11 for 39 with five RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 4-6, .214 batting average, 4.80 ERA, outscored by five runs

Royals: 2-8, .196 batting average, 4.92 ERA, outscored by 21 runs

INJURIES: Yankees: Gerrit Cole: 15-Day IL (elbow), Carlos Rodon: 15-Day IL (elbow), Clarke Schmidt: 60-Day IL (elbow), Anthony Volpe: 10-Day IL (shoulder)

Royals: Stephen Kolek: 15-Day IL (oblique), Carlos Estevez: 15-Day IL (foot), Bailey Falter: 15-Day IL (elbow), 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.