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Royals=Padres lineups

The Royals’ losing streak stands at five games. They look to snap the slide tonight against the Padres. The game begins at 9:10 p.m., and can be seen on Fox Sports Kansas City.

Here are the lineups as Jeremy Guthrie (2-2, 4.50 ERA) faces Robbie Erlin (1-4, 5.83 ERA):

ROYALS (14-17)

1. Nori Aoki, RF.

2. Omar Infante, 2B.

3. Eric Hosmer, 1B.

4. Salvador Perez, C.

5. Alex Gordon, LF.

6. Danny Valencia, 3B.

7. Alcides Escobar, SS.

8. Lorenzo Cain, CF.

9. Jeremy Guthrie, P.

PADRES (15-18)

1. Will Venable, CF.

2. Everth Cabrera, SS.

3. Seth Smith, LF.

4. Yasmani Grandal, C.

5. Jedd Gyorko, 2B.

6. Chris Denorfia, RF.

7. Kyle Blanks, 1B.

8. Alexi Amarista, 3B.

9. Robbie Erlin, P.

To reach Andy McCullough, call

816-234-4370

rmccullough@kcstar.com

This story was originally published May 6, 2014 at 6:47 PM with the headline "Royals=Padres lineups."

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