Royals take on the Tigers looking to stop road skid
Kansas City Royals (7-11, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Detroit Tigers (9-9, third in the AL Central) Detroit; Thursday, 1:10 p. m.
EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Kris Bubic (2-1, 2. 50 ERA, 0. 83 WHIP, 23 strikeouts); Tigers: Keider Montero (1-1, 1.
74 ERA, 0. 68 WHIP, 10 strikeouts) LINE: Royals -113, Tigers -106; over/under is 8 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals travel to the Detroit Tigers looking to end a four-game road slide. Detroit is 9-9 overall and 7-1 in home games.
The Tigers have a 3-5 record in games when they have given up at least one home run. Kansas City is 2-6 on the road and 7-11 overall. Royals pitchers have a collective 3.
75 ERA, which ranks ninth in the majors. The teams meet Thursday for the third time this season. TOP PERFORMERS: Kevin McGonigle has six doubles, a triple and a home run while hitting .