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Monday’s Royals-Pirates lineups, pitching probables and TV info

Here are the lineups as RHP Yordano Ventura (4-6, 4.73 ERA) faces RHP A.J. Burnett (7-3, 2.11 ERA) for a 7:10 p.m. first pitch at Kauffman Stadium (TV: Fox Sports KC).

PIRATES (53-38)

1. Gregory Polanco, RF.

2. Neil Walker, 2B.

3. Andrew McCutchen, CF.

4. Starling Marte, LF.

5. Jung Ho Kang, SS.

6. Pedro Alvarez, DH.

7. Francisco Cervelli, C.

8. Travis Ishikawa, 1B.

9. Sean Rodriguez, 3B.

ROYALS (55-35)

1. Alcides Escobar, SS.

2. Mike Moustakas, 3B.

3. Lorenzo Cain, CF.

4. Eric Hosmer, 1B.

5. Kendrys Morales, DH.

6. Salvador Perez, C.

7. Omar Infante, 2B.

8. Alex Rios, RF.

9. Jarrod Dyson, LF.

To reach Andy McCullough, call 816-234-4730 or send email to rmccullough@kcstar.com. Follow him on Twitter @McCulloughStar. Download True Blue, The Star’s free Royals app, here.

This story was originally published July 20, 2015 at 3:26 PM.

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