Third baseman Alex Gordon, who has been out since having hip surgery in mid-April, and shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt, who was acquired in a trade with the Mariners for two pitching prospects, are minor league rehab partners.

Both, however, will likely be activated soon after the break, possibly as early as Friday.

This will give Trey Hillman a lot more options when setting the lineup.

The Rays will be ready to go in an attempt to make up for two straight losses before the break when their bullpen failed.

Friday James Shields will be the guy to get the team back on track as he will look to win for the first time since the end of June.

He will be opposed by Zack Greinke, who is 10-5 for the Royals this season.

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Bannister suffered his first daytime loss of 2009 in Saturday's 7-1 defeat versus St. Louis. The righthander is 3-1 with a 1.29 ERA in four afternoon starts compared to a 2-3 mark with a 5.56 ERA at night. He is 15-5 during the day in his career and only 13-25 at night.

He will look to lead the Royals to their first sweep on the road since they won three straight in Detroit last September.

Kansas City's interleague record is 7-7, while Houston is 3-8 versus the AL. The Astros are 0-5 at home in interleague play, scoring just 12 runs at Minute Maid Park.

Brian Moehler gets the start for the Astros.

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Hochevar has won both starts since being recalled from Triple-A Omaha, and recorded his first career complete game Friday against visiting Cincinnati.

Haren has stayed among the NL's ERA leaders for most of this season, but hasn't benefited as much as he should because of a struggling offense and bullpen.

The Diamondbacks were scoring an average of 2.7 runs through his first eight starts but have since averaged nearly 6.9 over his last five.

Haren will also try to improve to 8-0 in his last nine interleague starts and keep from losing one for the first time since 2006.

Mark Reynolds is batting .423 with three homers and nine RBIs over the last seven games for the D-Backs.

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After struggling through his worst outing of the year, Zack Greinke looks to recapture his early-season form and help the Kansas City Royals get consecutive wins for the first time in more than three weeks tonight in the finale of a three-game series against the Cleveland Indians.

Kansas City's success with Greinke on the mound has fallen off. The righthander won his first six starts, but the Royals are only 2-4 in his last six.

Now Greinke will be charged with helping Kansas City win back-to-back games for the first time since mid-May. He's 2-3 with a 2.48 ERA over his last seven starts against Cleveland, including 1-0 with a 1.64 ERA in two this year.

The Indians will try to bounce back behind Jeremy Sowers. Sowers is 2-1 with a 3.43 ERA in four career starts against the Royals.

Lee won all five of his starts against Kansas City last year, when he went 22-3 and made an unlikely run to the AL Cy Young Award.

Kansas City ended an eight-game losing streak Saturday, but it still lost its series at Toronto after getting blanked by Roy Halladay in a 4-0 loss Sunday.

The Royals also seek a good performance from Brian Bannister.

Bannister was 4-1 with a 2.79 ERA in his first seven starts, but he has given up 15 runs in 8 2-3 innings while losing his last two outings. Don't forget to get all your MLB odds with Bodog today.

Detroit opened this series tallying 19 hits in a 13-1 victory Monday, but it was held to six hits for the third time in four games Tuesday.

The Tigers have dropped three of four after a season-high seven-game winning streak, scoring five runs and hitting .191 in the three losses.

Kansas City, which is winless in its last five series, will try to snap that streak when it hands the ball to Kyle Davies. Davies has lost his last four starts against the -120 favored Tigers. Get your MLB baseball odds now.

Kansas City scored four runs in the ninth inning off closer Kerry Wood to win 6-5 on Tuesday. The -125 favored Royals have now won three of four following a season-high six-game losing streak.

Gil Meche will try to keep the momentum rolling as he seeks his first home victory of 2009 for the Royals. Meche allowed five runs and six hits in 4 1-3 innings of a 9-5 loss to Baltimore on Thursday. He's 0-2 with an 8.40 ERA in three starts at Kauffman Stadium.

The last-place Indians have lost four straight with their bullpen allowing eight runs in 10 2-3 innings. Cleveland has the AL's second-worst ERA among relief pitchers at 5.84. Be sure to bet on MLB baseball in the Bodog Sportsbook.

The Orioles will be in tough since Greinke has given up only three earned runs over 53 innings this season.

The righthander is also 4-0 with a 0.60 ERA in four starts at Kauffman Stadium.

Baltimore, meanwhile, has won five of eight overall and has improved to 5-1 against AL Central foes.

Adam Eaton will get the call for Baltimore, and he'll be trying to win consecutive starts for the first time since early last summer. Get your MLB odds in the Bodog Sportsbook today.

Greinke continued his dominance that began late last season after giving up an unearned run and three hits while striking out 10 for the second straight contest in a 6-1 win over Detroit at home on Friday.

He is 1-3 with a 5.40 ERA in five starts against Toronto, which bounced back from a 7-1 series-opening loss by winning 8-1 on Tuesday.

Vernon Wells had three hits with three RBIs and Aaron Hill added three hits and drove in two runs for Toronto.

Brian Tallet makes his third straight start for Toronto. He has allowed three runs in six relief outings against Kansas City, but will face the Royals as a starter for the first time. For all your MLB betting needs heading into the playoff push, be sure to check out the Bodog Sportsbook.