New York Yankees host the Kansas City Royals in ALDS Game 1

Kansas City Royals (86-76, second in the AL Central during the regular season) vs. New York Yankees (94-68, first in the AL East during the regular season)

New York; Saturday, 6:38 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Michael Wacha (13-8, 3.35 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 145 strikeouts); Yankees: Gerrit Cole (8-5, 3.41 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 99 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Yankees -203, Royals +169; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees and the Kansas City Royals meet in Game 1 of the ALDS.

New York has a 44-37 record at home and a 94-68 record overall. The Yankees have the best team on-base percentage in the AL at .333.

Kansas City is 41-40 in road games and 86-76 overall. The Royals are 32-14 in games when they hit at least two home runs.

The teams square off Saturday for the eighth time this season. The Yankees lead the season series 5-2.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jazz Chisholm has 21 doubles, four triples and 24 home runs for the Yankees. Aaron Judge is 11-for-33 with two doubles and five home runs over the last 10 games.

Bobby Witt Jr. has 45 doubles, 11 triples and 32 home runs while hitting .332 for the Royals. Hunter Renfroe is 4-for-30 with two home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 5-5, .239 batting average, 3.80 ERA, outscored opponents by 14 runs

Royals: 6-4, .176 batting average, 1.92 ERA, outscored by four runs

INJURIES: Yankees: Nestor Cortes Jr.: 15-Day IL (elbow), Jake Cousins: 15-Day IL (pectoral), DJ LeMahieu: 10-Day IL (hip), Jonathan Loaisiga: 60-Day IL (elbow), JT Brubaker: 60-Day IL (elbow), Lou Trivino: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Royals: James McArthur: 15-Day IL (elbow), Chris Stratton: 15-Day IL (forearm), 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.