Boyd scheduled to start as Detroit hosts Kansas City

By: The Associated Press Posted: 2:22 AM CDT Wednesday, Jul. 29, 2020

Kansas City Royals (2-3, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Detroit Tigers (3-2, third in the AL Central)

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Kansas City Royals (2-3, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Detroit Tigers (3-2, third in the AL Central)

Detroit; Wednesday, 7:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Danny Duffy (0-1, 0.00 ERA, .69 WHIP, 2 strikeouts) Tigers: Matthew Boyd (0-1, 0.00 ERA, 1.60 WHIP, 2 strikeouts)

LINE: Tigers favoured by 1 1/2 runs; over/under is 9 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals play the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday.

The Tigers went 22-53 in division games in 2019. Detroit pitchers had an ERA of 5.24 last year while striking out 8.4 hitters per game.

The Royals finished 31-45 against AL Central Division opponents in 2019. Kansas City averaged 8.4 hits with 3.0 extra base hits per game and 281 total doubles last season.

INJURIES: Tigers: Dario Agrazal: (forearm).

Royals: Randy Rosario: (undisclosed), Mike Montgomery: (lat strain), Foster Griffin: (forearm), Chance Adams: (undisclosed), Kelvin Gutierrez: (elbow).

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