The New York Yankees and the Kansas City Royals take the field in Game 3 of the ALDS on Wednesday at 7:08 p.m. ET at Kauffman Stadium. The series is tied at a game each. Clarke Schmidt starts for New York while Kansas City will counter with Seth Lugo.

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Yankees vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Yankees (-116)
• Underdog: Royals (-104)
• Over/under: 8

Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Yankees betting info

• The Yankees are 75-57 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 56.8% of those games).
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -116 or shorter, New York has gone 72-55 (56.7%).
• The Yankees have a 53.7% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• In the 162 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for New York, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 86 times (86-72-4).
• The Yankees have an 80-81-0 record ATS this season (covering 49.7% of the time).

Yankees hitting info

• Aaron Judge has a team-best batting average of .322, while leading the Yankees in home runs (58) and runs batted in (144).
• In MLB, Judge ranks first in home runs and first in RBI.
• Juan Soto is batting .288 with 31 doubles, four triples, 41 home runs and 129 walks.
• Soto ranks fourth in home runs among hitters in baseball and sixth in RBI.
• Jazz Chisholm has 21 doubles, four triples, 24 home runs and 53 walks while hitting .256.
• Chisholm brings a five-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .350 with two doubles, two home runs and five RBI.
• Gleyber Torres is batting .257 with 26 doubles, 15 home runs and 65 walks.

Yankees pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Yankees has a collective nine K/9, the sixth-best in MLB.
• New York has the seventh-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.75).
• Pitchers for the Yankees combine for the 12th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.244).
• Yankees pitchers combine to allow the 13th-fewest home runs in baseball (181 total, 1.1 per game).
• New York struck out 15 Royals batters while giving up 11 hits in a 4-2 loss in its last game.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have won 38, or 44.7%, of the 85 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Kansas City has a record of 32-43, a 42.7% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of -104 or more by bookmakers this season.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 51% chance of a victory for the Royals.
• Games involving Kansas City have gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 70 of 166 chances this season.
• The Royals are 91-75-0 ATS in their 166 games with a spread this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. leads Kansas City in batting average (.332), home runs (32) and runs batted in (109) this season.
• Witt ranks 16th in home runs and sixth in RBI among all batters in MLB.
• Vinnie Pasquantino is batting .262 with an OBP of .315 and a slugging percentage of .446 this season.
• Pasquantino is 91st among hitters in MLB in homers, and 19th in RBI.
• Salvador Perez is slashing .271/.330/.456 this season for the Royals.
• Perez has hit safely in five straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .250 with a double, a home run and an RBI.
• Maikel Garcia has 133 hits and an OBP of .281 to go with a slugging percentage of .332 this season.
• Garcia heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .353 with two walks and an RBI.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals have an 8.5 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 18th in the big leagues.
• Kansas City has pitched to a 3.76 ERA this season, which ranks eighth in baseball.
• The Royals have a combined WHIP of 1.245 as a pitching staff, which ranks 13th in MLB.
• The Royals have allowed the fewest home runs this season at just 146, or 0.9 per game.
• Kansas City earned a 4-2 win in its most recent game, striking out eight Yankees batters while allowing seven hits.