Salvador Perez took the lead from the 4^e inning and opened the floodgates as the Royals scored four runs in the frame and rolled from there to a 4-2 victory in Game 2 of their Division Series against the New York Yankees Monday night.

Tommy Pham, Garrett Hampson and Maikel Garcia each singled to drive in runs as part of the 4-run 4^e for Kansas City. The Yankees didn’t help themselves on Monday night, as they stranded 8 baserunners. Carlos Rodon took the loss for the Yankees, while Angel Zerpa replaced Cole Ragans in the 5th round.^e to claim victory for KC.

The series is now tied at one game apiece with Game 3 scheduled for Wednesday at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO.

Let’s dive into the match and find some sweat.

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Game details and how to watch Yankees @ Royals – Game 3

● Date: Wednesday October 9, 2024
● Time: 7:08 PM ET
● Location: Kauffman Stadium
● City: Kansas City, MO
● TV/streaming: TBS, TruTV, MAX

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Game 3 odds for Yankees @ Royals

The latest odds from Tuesday afternoon:

● Moneyline: Kansas City Royals (-105), New York Yankees (-115)
● Spread: Royals +1.5 (-185), Yankees -1.5 (+150)
● Total: 7.5

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Likely starting pitchers for New York @ Kansas City

● Pitching game on Wednesday (October 9): Clarke Schmidt vs. Seth Lugo

• Royals: Lugo – pitched 4.1 innings against Baltimore in the Wild Card round, allowing 5 hits and 1 earned run while striking out six. In the regular season, Lugo went 16-9 with an ERA of 3.00.

• Yankees: Schmidt – has yet to appear in the 2024 postseason. Compiled a regular season record of 5-5 with a 2.85 ERA, allowing 71 hits and 27 earned runs while striking out 93 in 85.1 innings.

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The best betting trends and insights you need to know ahead of Royals @ Yankees

• Aaron Judge is 1-7 with 4 strikeouts through the 1^st 2 games from this series.

• Rate 37 hits in 178 postseason ABs (.208) with 13 HRs and 70 strikeouts

• Seth Lugo has faced the Yankees twice this season. He gave up 4 earned runs over 7 innings and took the loss on June 10^e. He threw 7 scoreless innings, giving up only 3 hits, while striking out 10 on September 10.

• Clarke Schmidt has not played against the Royals this season.

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 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

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Expert picks and predictions for Game 3 of the series between Kansas City and New York

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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 Wednesday’s Game 3 between the Royals and Yankees:

• Moneyline: NBC Sports recommends a play on the Royals on the Moneyline

• Spread: NBC Sports is leaning toward a play on the Royals on the Run Line

• Total runs: NBC Sports is leaning towards a game on the UNDER of 7.5 total runs

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