Vinnie Pasquantino takes a 10-game hitting streak into the Kansas City Royals’ (34-33) matchup against the New York Yankees (40-25). The Yankees are favored (-124) for this outing against the Royals (+104), which starts at 7:40 p.m. ET on Wednesday at Kauffman Stadium. New York has Clarke Schmidt set to start, and Kansas City counters with Kris Bubic.

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Yankees vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Yankees (-124)
• Underdog: Royals (+104)
• Over/under: 9

Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Yankees betting info

• The Yankees have won 37 of the 57 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (64.9%).
• New York has gone 34-17 (winning 66.7% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -124 or shorter.
• The Yankees have a 55.4% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• New York has played in 64 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 29 times (29-33-2).
• The Yankees have gone 29-35-0 against the spread this season.

Yankees hitting info

• Aaron Judge has accumulated a team-high batting average of .396, and paces the Yankees in home runs (24) and runs batted in (58).
• In baseball, Judge ranks second in home runs and second in RBI.
• Judge brings a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .474 with two doubles, three home runs, three walks and eight RBIs.
• Cody Bellinger is batting .260 with 11 doubles, two triples, nine home runs and 26 walks.
• Bellinger ranks 67th in homers and 48th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Bellinger takes a seven-game hitting streak into this game. In his last 10 games he is batting .270 with two doubles, a home run, four walks and four RBIs.
• Paul Goldschmidt is hitting .310 with 13 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 20 walks.
• Goldschmidt brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .136 with a home run, two walks and an RBI.
• Anthony Volpe is batting .248 with 19 doubles, two triples, eight home runs and 25 walks.
• Volpe enters this game on a four-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .333 with two doubles, a home run and three RBIs.

Yankees pitching rankings

• The 9.6 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Yankees pitching staff ranks second in MLB.
• New York has the 12th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.76).
• Yankees pitchers combine for the No. 7 WHIP in the majors (1.203).
• Yankees pitchers combine to give up the 12th-fewest home runs in baseball (67 total, one per game).
• New York defeated the Royals 10-2 in its last game with five strikeouts while allowing nine hits.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have entered the game as underdogs 40 times this season and won 20, or 50%, of those games.
• Kansas City has a record of 11-16 in games where bookmakers have it as underdogs of at least +104 on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win by the Royals, based on the moneyline, is 49%.
• Kansas City and its opponents have hit the over in 27 of its 67 games with a total this season.
• The Royals are 36-31-0 against the spread this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. is batting .291 with eight home runs and 37 RBI for Kansas City this season.
• In all of MLB, Witt is 89th in home runs and 42nd in RBI.
• Witt enters this matchup on an eight-game hitting streak. During his last 10 outings he is batting .300 with a double, three home runs, three walks and seven RBIs.
• Maikel Garcia’s batting average of .308 leads all Kansas City hitters this season.
• Garcia ranks 110th overall in home runs and 76th in RBI this year.
• Pasquantino leads Kansas City in home runs with 10 and runs batted in with 38.
• Pasquantino brings a 10-game hitting streak into this game. In his last 10 games he is hitting .436 with a double, two home runs, four walks and eight RBIs.
• Jonathan India has 57 hits and an OBP of .332 to go with a slugging percentage of .335 this season.
• India takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .238 with a double, a home run, two walks and three RBIs.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals have an 8.3 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 15th in the majors.
• Kansas City has pitched to a 3.42 ERA this season, which ranks fifth in baseball.
• The Royals have a combined 1.212 WHIP as a pitching staff, 10th-lowest in MLB.
• The Royals have allowed the 10th-fewest home runs this season at just 66, or one per game.
• Kansas City pitchers struck out nine Yankees hitters while allowing 16 base hits in a 10-2 loss its last time out.