New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals play in game 2 of series

New York Yankees (40-25, first in the AL East) vs. Kansas City Royals (34-33, fourth in the AL Central)

Kansas City, Missouri; Wednesday, 7:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Yankees: Clarke Schmidt (2-3, 4.04 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 50 strikeouts); Royals: Kris Bubic (5-3, 1.43 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 79 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Yankees -124, Royals +104; over/under is 9 runs

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

Kansas City has a 34-33 record overall and a 19-14 record in home games. The Royals have a 6-1 record in games when they hit at least two home runs.

New York is 40-25 overall and 19-13 on the road. Yankees hitters have a collective .468 slugging percentage to lead the AL.

The teams square off Wednesday for the fifth time this season. The Yankees are up 4-0 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Vinnie Pasquantino leads the Royals with 10 home runs while slugging .430. Bobby Witt Jr. is 12 for 40 with a double, three home runs and seven RBIs over the past 10 games.

Aaron Judge has 17 doubles, two triples and 24 home runs for the Yankees. Austin Wells is 11 for 34 with two doubles and three home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Royals: 4-6, .288 batting average, 4.90 ERA, outscored by 12 runs

Yankees: 5-5, .273 batting average, 6.55 ERA, outscored by 10 runs

INJURIES: Royals: Michael Massey: 10-Day IL (ankle), Hunter Harvey: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Lucas Erceg: 15-Day IL (back), Alec Marsh: 60-Day IL (shoulder), James McArthur: 60-Day IL (elbow), Sam Long: 15-Day IL (elbow), Kyle Wright: 15-Day IL (shoulder)

Yankees: Jazz Chisholm: day-to-day (neck), Luke Weaver: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Oswaldo Cabrera: 10-Day IL (ankle), Giancarlo Stanton: 60-Day IL (elbow), Marcus Stroman: 15-Day IL (knee), JT Brubaker: 60-Day IL (ribs), Jake Cousins: 60-Day IL (elbow), Gerrit Cole: 60-Day IL (elbow), Luis Gil: 60-Day IL (back)

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