The Tampa Bay Rays and Kansas City Royals meet in Game 2 of the series

Tampa Bay Rays (43-42, fourth in the AL East) vs. Kansas City Royals (47-40, third in the AL Central)

Kansas City, Missouri; Wednesday, 8:10 p.m. EDT

Pitching Probables: Rays: Ryan Pepiot (4-4, 4.40 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 83 strikeouts); Royals: Michael Wacha (4-6, 3.91 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 67 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Rays -111, Royals -109; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

IN BRIEF: The Tampa Bay Rays face the Kansas City Royals with a 1-0 series lead.

Kansas City has a 47-40 overall record and a 30-17 home record. Royals hitters have a .306 on-base percentage, 10th in the American League.

Tampa Bay is 43-42 overall and 20-17 in road games. The Rays are 26-6 in games where they have scored at least five runs.

The two teams meet for the fifth time this season on Wednesday. The season series is tied 2-2.

TOP PERFORMERS: Salvador Perez leads the Royals with 14 home runs and a .467 batting average. Vinnie Pasquantino has 11 hits in 38 at-bats, including a double, three home runs and nine RBIs over the last 10 games.

Isaac Paredes had 17 doubles, a triple and 13 home runs while hitting .276 for the Rays. Brandon Lowe had 8 hits in 31 at-bats with a double and four home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Royals: 5-5, .219 batting average, 3.07 ERA, outscored by one run

Rays: 7-3, .261 batting average, 2.83 ERA, have outscored opponents by 18 runs

INJURIES: Royals: Adam Frazier: 10 days on injured list (thumb), Dan Altavilla: 10 days on injured list (oblique), Josh Taylor: 60 days on injured list (biceps), Kris Bubic: 60 days on injured list (elbow), Kyle Wright: 60 days on injured list (shoulder)

Rays: Richard Lovelady: 15 days IL (forearm), Jacob Waguespack: 60 days IL (shoulder), Jeffrey Springs: 60 days IL (elbow), Drew Rasmussen: 60 days IL (elbow), Shane McClanahan: 60 days IL (forearm)

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