2 weeks Ago By The Associated Press
Colorado Rockies (4-18, fifth in the NL West) vs. Kansas City Royals (10-14, third in the AL Central) Kansas City, Missouri; Thursday, 2:10 p.m.
EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rockies: German Marquez (0-3, 8.27 ERA, 1.84 WHIP, 11 strikeouts); Royals: Cole Ragans (1-1, 3.
58 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 42 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Royals -237, Rockies +196; over/under is 8 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Rockies visit the Kansas City Royals looking to end an 11-game road skid. Kansas City is 10-14 overall and 7-4 at home.
The Royals have an 8-1 record in games when they have more hits than their opponents. Colorado has a 4-18 record overall and a 1-12 record on the road. The Rockies have a 1-5 record in games decided by one run.
Thursday's game is the second meeting between these teams this season. TOP PERFORMERS: Bobby Witt Jr. leads the Royals with two home runs while slugging .
473. Drew Waters is 9-for-33 with a home run and two RBI over the past 10 games. Mickey Moniak has two doubles, three triples and three home runs while hitting .
232 for the Rockies. Brenton Doyle is 10-for-23 with two doubles and three home runs over the past 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Royals: 3-7, .
204 batting average, 4.29 ERA, outscored by 16 runs Rockies: 1-9, .178 batting average, 4.
98 ERA, outscored by 24 runs INJURIES: Royals: Hunter Harvey: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Sam Long: 15-Day IL (elbow), Dairon Blanco: 10-Day IL (achilles), Kyle Wright: 15-Day IL (shoulder), James McArthur: 15-Day IL (elbow), Alec Marsh: 15-Day IL (shoulder) Rockies: Victor Vodnik: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Austin Gomber: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ezequiel Tovar: 10-Day IL (hip), Tyler Freeman: 10-Day IL (oblique), Kristopher Lee Bryant: 10-Day IL (lumbar), Jeff Criswell: 60-Day IL (elbow), Thairo Estrada: 10-Day IL (wrist) ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar ..
