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Tonight’s Royals-Astros lineups

The Royals look to start a winning streak against the Astros on Wednesday night at Minute Maid Park. The game begins at 7:10 p.m., and can be seen on Fox Sports Kansas City.

Here are the lineups as Jeremy Guthrie (2-0, 3.55 ERA) faces Dallas Keuchel (1-1, 3.75 ERA);

Royals (5-7)

1. Omar Infante, 2B.

2. Eric Hosmer, 1B.

3. Salvador Perez, C.

4. Billy Butler, DH.

5. Alex Gordon, LF.

6. Danny Valencia, 3B.

7. Justin Maxwell, RF.

8. Lorenzo Cain, CF.

9. Alcides Escobar, SS.

Astros (5-9)

1. Dexter Fowler, CF

2. George Springer, RF

3. Jason Castro, C

4. Jose Altuve, 2B.

5. Jesus Guzman, 1B

6. Marc Krauss, DH.

7. Matt Dominguez, 3B.

8. L.J. Hoes, LF.

9. Marwin Gonzalez, SS.

This story was originally published April 16, 2014 at 4:30 PM with the headline "Tonight’s Royals-Astros lineups."

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