Detroit Tigers (78-57, first in the AL Central) vs. Kansas City Royals (69-65, second in the AL Central)

Kansas City, Missouri; Friday, 8:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Tigers: Chris Paddack (5-11, 4.98 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 97 strikeouts); Royals: Seth Lugo (8-6, 3.99 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 120 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Detroit Tigers travel to the Kansas City Royals looking to end a four-game road slide.

Kansas City has a 69-65 record overall and a 36-30 record at home. The Royals have gone 35-7 in games when they scored five or more runs.

Detroit has a 78-57 record overall and a 34-32 record in road games. Tigers hitters have a collective .423 slugging percentage to rank ninth in the majors.

The teams square off Friday for the 11th time this season. The Tigers lead the season series 7-3.

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