Giancarlo Stanton went to the yard in the top of the eighth^e inning last night in Kansas City to break a 2-2 tie and the Yankees won Game 3 3-2. In addition, New York took a 2 games-to-1 lead in their series with the Royals. Stanton was New York’s offense. He had 3 of New York’s 4 hits in the game and even stole a base leading the pinstripes to the win. Tommy Kahnle took the win for New York. Kris Bubic, the 6^e of the seven Royals pitchers that night took the loss for KC.

The Yankees will look to close out the series Thursday afternoon in Kansas City and they will send their ace, Gerrit Cole, to the mound against Michael Wacha of the Royals.

We’ve got all the information and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest information on how to catch the first pitch, the expected pitching matchup, recent team performance, player stats and of course our predictions and picks. and the best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts.

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Game details and how to watch Yankees @ Royals – Game 4

● Date: Thursday, October 10, 2024
● Time: 8:08 PM ET
● Location: Kauffman Stadium
● City: Kansas City, MO
● TV/streaming: TBS, TruTV, MAX

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Game 4 odds for Yankees @ Royals

The latest odds from Thursday morning:

● Moneyline: Kansas City Royals (+125), New York Yankees (-155)
● Spread: Royals +1.5 (-135), Yankees -1.5 (+110)
● Total: 7.5

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Likely starting pitchers for New York @ Kansas City – Game 4

● Thursday’s pitching game (October 10): Gerrit Cole vs. Michael Wacha

○ Royals: Wacha – Started Game 1 of this series and pitched 4 innings, giving up 3 runs on 4 hits, including 1 HR to Gleyber Torres.

○ Yankees: Cole – Started Game 1 and lasted 5 innings, allowing 3 earned runs on 7 hits, including 1 HR for MJ Melendez.

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The top betting trends and insights you need to know ahead of Royals @ Yankees – Game 4

• Aaron Judge is 1-11 (.091) with 5 strikeouts through the 1^st 3 games from this series.

• Judge has 37 hits in 181 postseason ABs (.204) with 13 HRs and 71 strikeouts

• Bobby Witt Jr. is 1-13 (.077) in this series

• The Yankees have won three in a row, while the Royals have lost six straight home games

• The Under is 4-1 in the Royals’ last five games

• The Yankees have covered the spread in 4 of their last 5 road games

Playoff histories for Kansas City and New York

• Royals: KC won World Series titles in 1985 and 2015. They won the American League pennant in 1980, 1985, 2014 and 2015. They won the AL Central once (2015) and the AL West seven times (1976-81, 1984 and 1985). ).

• Yankees: New York has won 27 World Championships. Their last World Series win was in 2009. They have been to the playoffs 57 times and have won 40 AL pennants

• These teams last met four times in the playoffs between 1976 and 1980. The Yankees won three of those four American League Championship series.

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Expert picks and predictions for Game 4 of the series between Kansas City and New York

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Our model calculates projections around every moneyline, spread and over/under bet for every game on the MLB calendar based on data points such as past performance, player matchups, baseball information and weather forecasts.

Once the model is ready, we place its projection next to the final betting lines so that the game can reach a relative level of confidence for each bet.

Here are the best bets our model predicts for Thursday’s Game 4 between the Royals and Yankees:

· Moneyline: NBC Sports recommends a Yankees game on the Moneyline
· Spread: NBC Sports recommends a game on the Yankees on the Run Line
· Total runs: NBC Sports is leaning towards a game on the OVER of 7.5 total runs

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