Blue Jays play the Royals with series tied 1-1

Kansas City Royals (59-75, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (65-69, fifth in the AL East)

Toronto; Thursday, 7:07 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Noah Cameron (8-8, 4.02 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 128 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Spencer Arrighetti (7-6, 4.73 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 91 strikeouts)

LINE: Royals -113, Blue Jays -106; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals meet on Thursday with the winner claiming the three-game series.

Toronto is 65-69 overall and 34-34 at home. The Blue Jays have the fifth-ranked team batting average in the AL at .245.

Kansas City is 59-75 overall and 23-45 in road games. The Royals have gone 31-61 in games when they have given up a home run.

The matchup Thursday is the third meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ernie Clement has 29 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 43 RBI for the Blue Jays. Nathan Lukes is 8 for 34 with three home runs and 10 RBI over the last 10 games.

Jac Caglianone has 23 doubles, two triples, 22 home runs and 60 RBI while hitting .274 for the Royals. Michael Massey is 14 for 31 with two doubles and two home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jays: 5-5, .285 batting average, 3.38 ERA, outscored opponents by five runs

Royals: 9-1, .292 batting average, 3.24 ERA, outscored opponents by 22 runs

INJURIES: Blue Jays: Jonatan Clase: 10-Day IL (foot), Addison Barger: 60-Day IL (elbow), Shane Bieber: 15-Day IL (back), Josh Smith: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Trey Yesavage: 15-Day IL (knee), Joe Mantiply: 60-Day IL (knee), Luis Urias: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Jose Berrios: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jake Bloss: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jameson Taillon: 15-Day IL (forearm), Patrick Corbin: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Cody Ponce: 60-Day IL (knee), Yimi Garcia: 60-Day IL (elbow), Anthony Santander: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Bowden Francis: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Royals: Michael Massey: day-to-day (head), James McArthur: 60-Day IL (elbow), Maikel Garcia: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Carlos Estevez: 60-Day IL (foot), Beck Way: 15-Day IL (back), Nick Mears: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Connor Seabold: 60-Day IL (lat), Tony Gonsolin: 15-Day IL (elbow), Luinder Avila: 60-Day IL (forearm), Cole Ragans: 60-Day IL (elbow), Stephen Kolek: 60-Day IL (flexor), Jonathan India: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alec Marsh: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

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