Kansas City Royals (80-66, second in the AL Central) vs. New York Yankees (83-62, first in the AL East)
New York; Wednesday, 7:05 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Cole Ragans (11-9, 3.33 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 204 strikeouts); Yankees: Luis Gil (13-6, 3.24 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 151 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Yankees -146, Royals +123; over/under is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals meet on Wednesday with the three-game series tied 1-1.
New York has an 83-62 record overall and a 38-32 record at home. Yankees hitters have a collective .434 slugging percentage to rank second in the AL.
Kansas City has an 80-66 record overall and a 35-36 record on the road. The Royals have the sixth-best team batting average in MLB play at .254.
The teams square off Wednesday for the seventh time this season. The Yankees lead the season series 4-2.
TOP PERFORMERS: Aaron Judge has 51 home runs, 117 walks and 126 RBI while hitting .320 for the Yankees. Gleyber Torres is 16-for-42 with two doubles and five RBI over the past 10 games.
Bobby Witt Jr. has a .334 batting average to lead the Royals, and has 41 doubles, 11 triples and 30 home runs. Salvador Perez is 10-for-36 with a home run and six RBI over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 4-6, .249 batting average, 4.65 ERA, outscored by six runs
Royals: 5-5, .220 batting average, 3.72 ERA, outscored by five runs
INJURIES: Yankees: DJ LeMahieu: 10-Day IL (hip), Cody Poteet: 60-Day IL (tricep), Jonathan Loaisiga: 60-Day IL (elbow), JT Brubaker: 60-Day IL (elbow), Lou Trivino: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Royals: Vinnie Pasquantino: 10-Day IL (thumb), Michael Lorenzen: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Will Smith: 15-Day IL (back), Hunter Harvey: 15-Day IL (back), Josh Taylor: 60-Day IL (biceps), Kyle Wright: 60-Day IL (shoulder)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
