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LONDON (AP) — This might be the year, mate. The London Mets are the defending champs, but they're looking beatable. The London Capitals have been close, and they've got ace pitcher Masa Hashiguchi. Talk about a subway series.

Kansas City Royals (36-26, second in the AL Central) vs. Cleveland Guardians (40-20, first in the AL Central) Cleveland; Thursday, 1:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Brady Singer (4-2, 2.63 ERA, 1.

Seattle Mariners (35-28, first in the AL West) vs. Oakland Athletics (25-38, fourth in the AL West) Oakland, California; Thursday, 3:37 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Mariners: Bryan Woo (2-0, 1.30 ERA, 0.

Baltimore Orioles (39-21, second in the AL East) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (29-32, fifth in the AL East) Toronto; Thursday, 1:07 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Orioles: Cade Povich (0-0); Blue Jays: Yusei Kikuchi (2-5, 3.66 ERA, 1.

Boston Red Sox (31-31, third in the AL East) vs. Chicago White Sox (15-47, fifth in the AL Central) Chicago; Thursday, 8:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Tanner Houck (5-5, 1.85 ERA, 0.

Colorado Rockies (21-40, fifth in the NL West) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (29-31, third in the NL Central) St. Louis; Thursday, 7:45 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rockies: Cal Quantrill (4-4, 3.84 ERA, 1.

Arizona Diamondbacks (29-33, fourth in the NL West) vs. San Diego Padres (32-33, second in the NL West) San Diego; Thursday, 9:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Diamondbacks: Slade Cecconi (1-4, 5.59 ERA, 1.

Atlanta Braves (34-25, second in the NL East) vs. Washington Nationals (27-34, third in the NL East) Washington; Thursday, 6:45 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: Reynaldo Lopez (3-2, 1.73 ERA, 1.

Minnesota Twins (33-28, third in the AL Central) vs. New York Yankees (44-19, first in the AL East) New York; Thursday, 7:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Twins: Pablo Lopez (5-5, 4.84 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 75 strikeouts); Yankees: Marcus Stroman (5-2, 2.

Los Angeles Dodgers (38-25, first in the NL West) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (29-32, fourth in the NL Central) Pittsburgh; Thursday, 6:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Dodgers: Walker Buehler (1-3, 4.32 ERA, 1.