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Kansas City Royals (80-67, second in the AL Central) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (70-76, fifth in the NL Central) Pittsburgh; Friday, 6:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: TBD; Pirates: Luis Ortiz (6-5, 3.26 ERA, 1.

Tampa Bay Rays (72-75, fourth in the AL East) vs. Cleveland Guardians (84-63, first in the AL Central) Cleveland; Friday, 7:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Zack Littell (6-9, 3.89 ERA, 1.

Chicago Cubs (75-71, second in the NL Central) vs. Colorado Rockies (55-92, fifth in the NL West) Denver; Friday, 8:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Javier Assad (7-5, 3.14 ERA, 1.

Milwaukee Brewers (84-62, first in the NL Central) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (82-64, second in the NL West) Phoenix; Friday, 9:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Brewers: Freddy Peralta (10-8, 3.81 ERA, 1.

Miami Marlins (55-92, fifth in the NL East) vs. Washington Nationals (65-81, fourth in the NL East) Washington; Friday, 6:45 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Marlins: Edward Cabrera (4-6, 4.88 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 90 strikeouts); Nationals: DJ Herz (3-7, 3.

St. Louis Cardinals (74-72, third in the NL Central) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (69-78, fifth in the AL East) Toronto; Friday, 7:07 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Erick Fedde (8-9, 3.39 ERA, 1.

Houston Astros (78-68, first in the AL West) vs. Los Angeles Angels (60-86, fifth in the AL West) Anaheim, California; Friday, 9:38 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Astros: Yusei Kikuchi (8-9, 4.31 ERA, 1.

Cincinnati Reds (71-77, fourth in the NL Central) vs. Minnesota Twins (78-68, third in the AL Central) Minneapolis; Friday, 8:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Reds: Julian Aguiar (1-0, 5.06 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 11 strikeouts); Twins: Bailey Ober (12-6, 3.

Texas Rangers (71-76, third in the AL West) vs. Seattle Mariners (74-73, second in the AL West) Seattle; Friday, 10:10 p.m.

SEATTLE (AP) — Kumar Rocker's debut in the majors finally arrived. It was a mixed bag for his highly anticipated first outing. Rocker threw four innings for the Texas Rangers on Thursday night in their series opener against the Seattle Mariners.