Yankees face the Royals leading series 1-0

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Kansas City Royals (8-9, third in the AL Central) vs. New York Yankees (9-7, first in the AL East)

New York; Tuesday, 7:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Michael Wacha (0-2, 4.20 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 11 strikeouts); Yankees: Max Fried (2-0, 1.56 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 21 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Yankees -195, Royals +161; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees face the Kansas City Royals with a 1-0 series lead.

New York is 6-4 in home games and 9-7 overall. The Yankees lead the majors with 32 total home runs, averaging two per game.

Kansas City has an 8-9 record overall and a 2-5 record on the road. The Royals have a 2-0 record in games when they scored five or more runs.

Tuesday's game is the second time these teams match up this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Paul Goldschmidt leads the Yankees with a .367 batting average, and has five doubles, a home run, four walks and six RBI. Aaron Judge is 12-for-36 with a home run and five RBI over the last 10 games.

Bobby Witt Jr. leads the Royals with two home runs while slugging .508. Kyle Isbel is 9-for-29 with a home run and three RBI over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 5-5, .250 batting average, 4.33 ERA, even run differential

Royals: 5-5, .199 batting average, 3.31 ERA, outscored by 15 runs

INJURIES: Yankees: Cody Bellinger: day-to-day (back), Marcus Stroman: 15-Day IL (knee), JT Brubaker: 60-Day IL (ribs), Jake Cousins: 60-Day IL (elbow), Clarke Schmidt: 15-Day IL (rotator cuff), Giancarlo Stanton: 10-Day IL (elbow), Jonathan Loaisiga: 15-Day IL (elbow), DJ LeMahieu: 10-Day IL (calf), Scott Effross: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Clayton Beeter: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Gerrit Cole: 60-Day IL (elbow), Luis Gil: 60-Day IL (back)

Royals: Sam Long: 15-Day IL (elbow), Jonathan India: day-to-day (quadricep), Hunter Harvey: 15-Day IL (upper limb), Mark Canha: 10-Day IL (hip), Dairon Blanco: 10-Day IL (achilles), Kyle Wright: 15-Day IL (shoulder), James McArthur: 15-Day IL (elbow), Alec Marsh: 15-Day IL (shoulder)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.