Rockies face the Royals with 1-0 series lead

Kansas City Royals (46-65, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Colorado Rockies (43-67, fifth in the NL West)

Denver; Saturday, 8:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Luinder Avila (5-3, 4.95 ERA, 1.57 WHIP, 59 strikeouts); Rockies: Ryan Feltner (3-5, 5.73 ERA, 1.46 WHIP, 54 strikeouts)

LINE: Rockies -120, Royals -100; over/under is 12 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Rockies host the Kansas City Royals, leading the series 1-0.

Colorado is 25-29 at home and 43-67 overall. Rockies hitters are batting a collective .252, the seventh-best team batting average in MLB play.

Kansas City is 46-65 overall and 20-38 on the road. The Royals have a 20-12 record in games when they hit two or more home runs.

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

TOP PERFORMERS: TJ Rumfield has 22 doubles, two triples and 13 home runs while hitting .293 for the Rockies. Hunter Goodman is 9 for 36 with a double and four home runs over the last 10 games.

Carter Jensen has 24 doubles and 15 home runs for the Royals. Vinnie Pasquantino is 11 for 36 with a double over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rockies: 3-7, .221 batting average, 6.27 ERA, outscored by 24 runs

Royals: 5-5, .223 batting average, 2.74 ERA, outscored opponents by two runs

INJURIES: Rockies: Jaden Hill: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Jose Quintana: 60-Day IL (elbow), McCade Brown: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Blas Castano: 15-Day IL (pectoral), Welinton Herrera: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jeff Criswell: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Chase Dollander: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kris Bryant: 60-Day IL (back), Pierson Ohl: 60-Day IL (elbow), RJ Petit: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Royals: Maikel Garcia: 10-Day IL (hand), Bobby Witt Jr.: 10-Day IL (back), Vinnie Pasquantino: 10-Day IL (wrist), Kris Bubic: 60-Day IL (elbow), Connor Seabold: 15-Day IL (lat), Kyle Isbel: 10-Day IL (foot), Beck Way: 15-Day IL (back), Carlos Estevez: 60-Day IL (foot), Stephen Kolek: 60-Day IL (flexor), Nick Mears: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Cole Ragans: 60-Day IL (elbow), James McArthur: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jonathan India: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alec Marsh: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

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