Cleveland hosts Kansas City on opening day

Posted July 24, 2020 7:00 am

By The Associated Press

Kansas City Royals vs. Cleveland Indians

Cleveland; Friday, 7:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Danny Duffy (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.00 WHIP, 0 strikeouts) Indians: Shane Bieber (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.00 WHIP, 0 strikeouts)

LINE: Indians favored by 1 1/2 runs; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: Kansas City hits the road for opening day against Cleveland.

The Indians went 48-28 in division games in 2019. Cleveland hit .250 as a team with 3.3 extra base hits per game and 18 total triples last year.

The Royals went 31-45 in division play in 2019. Kansas City pitchers had an ERA of 5.20 last season with a staff WHIP of 1.48.

INJURIES: Indians: None listed.

Royals: Randy Rosario: (undisclosed), 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.

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