Yankees aim to sweep 3-game series over the Royals

Kansas City Royals (8-10, third in the AL Central) vs. New York Yankees (10-7, first in the AL East)

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

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Kris Bubic (2-1, 0.96 ERA, 0.96 WHIP, 21 strikeouts); Yankees: Clarke Schmidt (0-0)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Yankees -169, Royals +142; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees meet the Kansas City Royals looking to sweep their three-game series.

New York has a 10-7 record overall and a 7-4 record at home. Yankees hitters have a collective .487 slugging percentage to lead the majors.

Kansas City has a 2-6 record in road games and an 8-10 record overall. The Royals have gone 2-8 in games when they have allowed a home run.

The teams meet Wednesday for the third time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Aaron Judge has four doubles and six home runs for the Yankees. Paul Goldschmidt is 15-for-38 with four doubles over the past 10 games.

Vinnie Pasquantino has two doubles, a triple and two home runs for the Royals. Bobby Witt Jr. is 13-for-34 with five doubles and a home run over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 5-5, .235 batting average, 4.11 ERA, outscored by three runs

Royals: 5-5, .199 batting average, 2.93 ERA, outscored by 10 runs

INJURIES: Yankees: 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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