Royals left-hander Danny Duffy (4-1, 0.60 ERA) is off to an outstanding start to the year with only two earned runs allowed and 34 Ks over 30 innings of work. He faced Cleveland back on April 6 when he held the Tribe scoreless over six innings of a 3-0 Royals win. The Indians are batting only .195 against southpaws on the season.

Cleveland right-hander Triston McKenzie (0-1, 6.27 ERA) has recorded 29 strikeouts over his 18 2/3 innings on the mound but also walked 18. In his last start, McKenzie was tagged with six runs in only two innings against the White Sox.

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