Jazz Chisholm takes a two-game home run streak into the New York Yankees’ (9-7) matchup against the Kansas City Royals (8-9). The Yankees are favored (-195) for this outing against the Royals (+161), which starts at 7:05 p.m. ET on Tuesday at Yankee Stadium. Max Fried takes the mound first for New York, and Michael Wacha is Kansas City’s choice to start.

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Yankees vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Yankees (-195)
• Underdog: Royals (+161)
• Over/under: 8.5

Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Yankees betting info

• The Yankees have been the moneyline favorite 14 total times this season. They’ve gone 9-5 in those games.
• New York has not yet played a game with moneyline odds of -195 or shorter.
• The Yankees have an implied moneyline win probability of 66.1% in this contest.
• New York has played in 16 games with an over/under set, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 10 times (10-5-1).
• The Yankees have covered 50% of their games this season, going 8-8-0 against the spread.

Yankees hitting info

• Aaron Judge leads the Yankees in home runs (six), runs batted in (20) and has racked up a team-high batting average of .367.
• Among hitters in MLB play, Judge ranks first in home runs and first in RBI.
• Judge takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .438 with a double, five walks and two RBI.
• Ben Rice has two doubles, a triple, five home runs and 10 walks while hitting .300.
• Rice ranks ninth in homers and 104th in RBI among batters in MLB.
• Rice brings a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .263 with three home runs, three walks and five RBI.
• Anthony Volpe is batting .211 with three doubles, four home runs and eight walks.
• Trent Grisham is hitting .343 with a double, four home runs and three walks.

Yankees pitching rankings

• The 10.7 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Yankees pitching staff ranks second in the majors.
• New York has the 24th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.46).
• The Yankees have the 14th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.263).
• Yankees pitchers combine to surrender the 20th-fewest home runs in baseball (19 total, 1.2 per game).
• In its 4-1 win last time out, New York struck out eight Royals batters while allowing two hits.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• This season, the Royals have won two out of the eight games in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Kansas City has not been a bigger underdog this season than the +161 moneyline set for this game.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Royals have a 38.3% chance to win.
• Kansas City and its opponents have gone over the total this season in seven of its 17 opportunities.
• The Royals are 7-10-0 against the spread in their 17 chances this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. is batting .317 this season with two home runs, both best among Kansas City hitters.
• Among all hitters in the majors, Witt’s home run total is 83rd, and his RBI total is 104th.
• Witt heads into this game on a seven-game hitting streak. During his last 10 games he is batting .382 with four doubles, two home runs, five walks and four RBI.
• Vinnie Pasquantino leads Kansas City in home runs with two and runs batted in with 11.
• Pasquantino ranks 83rd overall in home runs and 27th in RBI this year.
• Maikel Garcia leads Kansas City in home runs with two. He’s driven in nine runs and is slugging .463.
• Jonathan India is batting .196 with an OBP of .328 and a slugging percentage of .250 this season.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals strike out 8.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 14th in MLB.
• Kansas City pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.22 ERA this year, fourth-best in baseball.
• Royals pitchers have a 1.211 WHIP this season, 11th in the majors.
• The Royals have allowed the 15th-fewest home runs this season with 17, or 1.0 per game.
• Kansas City pitchers struck out six Yankees hitters while allowing nine base hits in a 4-1 loss its last time out.