GameDay Preview: Rays Look To Take Season Series From Royals

It's the seventh and final meeting of the season between the Tampa Bay Rays and Kansas City Royals on Sunday, and there's a lot on the line. The season series is tied 3-3, and the Rays are clinging to a playoff spot. Here's how to watch, with TV information, starting lineups, pitching bios and newsy nuggets.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Harold Ramirez and Manuel Margot, two of Tampa Bay's best hitters who have returned from the injured list, are both in the lineup on Sunday when the Rays take on the Kansas City Royals.

There's a huge international flavor to the Rays' lineup on Sunday, with eight different countries represented.

1. Brandon Lowe (United States)
2. Manuel Margot (Dominican Republic)
3. Randy Arozarena (Cuba)
4. Harold Ramirez (Colombia)
5. David Peralta (Venezuela)
6. Isaac Paredes (Mexico)
7. Yu Chang (Taiwan)
8. Christian Bethancourt (Panama)
9. Jose Siri (Dominincan Republic)

Ji-Man Choi (Korea) was available off the bench.

Here's how to watch Sunday's game, with TV information, starting lineups, pitching bios and so much more:

How to watch Royals at Rays

• Who: Kansas City Royals (49-73) at Tampa Bay Rays (64-55)
• When: 1:40 p.m. ET, Sunday, Aug. 21
• Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla.
• TV: Bally Sports Sun
• Stream: Fubo.tv CLICK HERE
• Announcers: Dewayne Staats (play-by-play), Brian Anderson (color commentary) and Ryan Bass (reporter).
• Radio: WDAE 95.3 FM, SiriusXM Channel 181
• Latest line: The Rays are favored at minus-188 on the money line in according to the Fanduel.com website line as of Sunday morning. The Royals are plus-158. The over/under is 7.

Starting lineups

• KANSAS CITY ROYALS: MJ Melendez LF, Bobby Witt Jr. 3B, Salvador Perez C, Vinnie Pasquantino DH, Michael Massey 2B, Hunter Dozier RF, Nick Pratto 1B, Kyle Isbel CF, Nicky Lopez SS, Zach Grienke P
• TAMPA BAY RAYS: Brandon Lowe 2B, Manuel Margot DH, Randy Arozarena RF, Harold Ramirez 1B, David Peralta LF, Isaac Paredes 3B, Yu Chang SS, Christian Bethancourt C, Ryan Yarbrough P.

Sunday's starting pitchers

• ZACH GRIENKE, Kansas City Royals: Zach Grienke, the 38-year-old Orlando, Fla., native, is in his second stint with the Royals. He was a star with them from 2004 to 2010, and has also pitched for five other teams as well. This year, he is 4-8 with a 4.13 ERA. He did not pitch in the Rays-Royals series in Kansas City. He has pitched very well lately, throwing six scoreless innings against the Chicago White Sox on Aug. 11 and six innings against Minnesota on Aug. 16 while allowing just one run. The strange stat though? In both of those starts, he gave up nine. 
• RYAN YARBROUGH, Tampa Bay Rays: Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash has been adamant lately that Ryan Yarbrough has pitched much better than his numbers indicate. He's just 1-7 this season with a 4.75 ERA, and that first win didn't come until last Monday, when he pitched four scoreless innings, allowing just three hits, is the Rays' 4-0 victory over the New York Yankees. Yarbrough has appeared in 14 games this year, and the Rays are just 3-11 in those games. He pitched against the Royals on July 23, going four innings. He pitched three scoreless innings from the fifth through the seventh, but then was tagged with the loss after giving up home runs to Michael A. Taylor and Bobby Witt Jr. in the eighth inning of a 6-3 loss.

Wander Franco's surgically repaired wrist is still sore, so the Rays are bringing him back from Durham to get more treatment in St. Petersburg. (USA TODAY Sports.)

Newsy nuggets

• 1. FRANCO SHUT DOWN: After experiencing lingering symptoms while swinging, Rays shortstop Wander Franco has been removed from his rehab assignment in Triple-A Durham and will return to continue his treatment in St. Petersburg. He has surgery last month after breaking the hamate bone in his right wrist.
• 2. RAYS STAYING HOT: The Rays are 6-2 in their last eight games after Saturday's 5-2 win, and they've outscored opponents 40-18 during the stretch. Both losses have been in extra innings. They are hoping to win their third straight series on Sunday, which has happened only once all year.
• 3. HOME COOKING: The Rays are 37-23 at Tropicana Field this season, which is the third-best home record in the American League.
• 4. DEFENSIVE PROWESS: The Rays have made only 16 errors in their past 50 games, which is best in the American League and second-best in all of baseball, behind only the Philadelphia Phillies (12).