The Royals will surpass their record of 56 games won in the previous season…
The Tampa Bay Rays play the Kansas City Royals looking to break a four-game home losing streak.
Tampa Bay is 25-26 overall and 14-15 in home games. The Rays are 11-2 in games when they did not allow a home run.
Kansas City is 11-11 in road games and 32-19 overall. Royals hitters have a collective .310 on-base percentage, the sixth-ranked percentage in the AL.
The matchup Friday is the first meeting of the season between the two clubs.
TOP PERFORMERS: Isaac Paredes has eight doubles and nine home runs while hitting .308 for the Rays. Josh Lowe is 8-for-37 with three doubles and two home runs over the last 10 games.
Salvador Perez ranks second on the Royals with 20 extra base hits (11 doubles and nine home runs). Michael Massey is 12-for-37 with three doubles, two home runs and seven RBI over the past 10 games.
