Yankees vs. Royals Game 3 Prediction: Odds, Expert Picks, Starting Players, Betting Trends and Stats

Salvador Perez took the lead on the 4th yard^Th inning and opened the floodgates as the Royals scored 4 points in the frame and went from there to a 4-2 victory in Game 2 of their Division Series against the New York Yankees on Monday night.

Tommy Pham, Garrett Hampson and Maikel Garcia each managed to drive in 4 runs as part of the 4-run effort^Th for Kansas City. The Yankees couldn't help themselves on Monday night as they stranded 8 baserunners. Carlos Rodon took the loss for the Yankees, while Angel Zerpa came in to replace Cole Ragans in the 5th round^Th to get the win 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 matchup and find a sweat or two.

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

● Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2024
● Time: 7:08 p.m. 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:

● Money line: Kansas City Royals (-105), New York Yankees (-115)
● Spread: Royals +1.5 (-185), Yankees -1.5 (+150)
● In total: 7.5

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Likely starting players for New York @ Kansas City

● Pitching matchup 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 recording 6 strikeouts. In the regular season, Lugo went 16-9 with a 3.00 ERA.

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

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Top betting trends and insights to know ahead of the Royals @ Yankees

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

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

• Seth Lugo faced the Yankees twice this season. He gave up 4 earned runs over 7 innings and suffered the loss on June 10th^Th. On September 10, he pitched 7 scoreless innings, allowing only 3 hits while striking out 10.

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

Playoff stories 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 won 40 AL pennants

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

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Once the model is finished running, we place its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to determine a relative confidence level for each bet.

Here are the best bets our model predicts for Game 3 between the Royals and Yankees on Wednesday:

• Money line: NBC Sports recommends a game against the Royals on the moneyline

• Spread: NBC Sports is leaning toward a game with the Royals on the run line

• Total number of runs: NBC Sports is leaning toward a game with UNDER 7.5 total runs

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