Anderson expected to start as Seattle hosts Kansas City

Kansas City Royals (58-70, fourth in AL Central) vs. Seattle Mariners (69-60, third in AL West)

Seattle; Saturday, 4:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING LIKELIHOODS: Royals: Carlos Hernandez (4-1, 3.34 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 66 strikeouts) Mariners: Tyler Anderson (6-8, 4.14 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 105 strikeouts)

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mariners -157, Royals +132; Over / Under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: Seattle and Kansas City meet on Saturday.

The Mariners are 37-27 in their homeland. The Seattle pitching team averages 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings, with Yusei Kikuchi leading them with a score of 9.5.

The Royals are 26-39 on their way. Kansas City Hitters have posted a team on base percentage of 0.302 this season, led by Nicky Lopez with a 0.352 mark.

The Royals won the last encounter 8-7. Josh Staumont took his third win and Salvador Perez went 3-for-5 for Kansas City with a home run and four RBIs. Yohan Ramirez suffered his second defeat for Seattle.

TOP PERFORMER: Kyle Seager leads the Mariners with 52 additional base hits and beats .216.

Perez leads the Royals with 55 additional base hits and is .534 slug.

LAST 10 MATCHES: Mariners: 6-4, .231 batting average, 4.83 ERA, exceeded by 12 runs

Royals: 7-3, 0.267 batting average, 2.60 ERA, outperformed opponents by 16 runs

INJURIES: Sailors: Justus Sheffield: (not known), James Paxton: (left forearm), Ljay Newsome: (elbow), Andres Munoz: (elbow), Nick Margevicius: (shoulder), Ken Giles: (elbow), Justin Dunn : (Shoulder), Diego Castillo: (shoulder), Shed Long Jr .: (shin), Kyle Lewis: (knee), Sam Haggerty: (shoulder), Evan White: (hip).

Royals: Brad Keller: (shoulder), Greg Holland: (shoulder), Jesse Hahn: (shoulder), Jake Brentz: (shoulder), Ronald Bolanos: (flexor), Adalberto Mondesi: (oblique).

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