Royals-Yankees Pointers

The Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Yankee Stadium.
Zach Greinke will be the starting pitcher for the Royals on this day. Righthander Greinke is 9-8 this season with a 4.09 ERA.
It’ll be Sidney Ponson toeing the rubber for the Yankees in this contest. Righthander Ponson is 7-3 with a 4.27 ERA so far this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Yankees listed as 190-moneyline favorites versus the Royals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
The Royals scored in the top of the ninth inning to pull out a 4-3 win over the Yankees as +185 underdogs on Friday. The seven runs fell UNDER the posted over/under (8.5).
Mark Teahen drove in two runs to lead the Royals. Leo Nunez posted the win in relief, and Joakim Soria notched his 33rd save.
Derek Jeter went 3-for-4 at the plate with one RBI for the Yankees, who were favored at -210 in that game. Mariano Rivera gave up the winning run and suffered the loss.
Current streak:
New York has lost 2 straight games.
Team records:
Kansas City: 55-67 SU
New York: 64-58 SU
Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 7-3
Before playing NY Yankees are 4-6
After playing NY Yankees are 2-8
After a win are 5-5

New York most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing Kansas City are 6-4
After playing Kansas City are 8-2
After a loss are 4-6

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Kansas City’s last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Kansas City’s last 9 games when playing NY Yankees
The total has gone UNDER in 15 of Kansas City’s last 22 games
Kansas City is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games on the road
NY Yankees are 21-4 SU in their last 25 games when playing at home against Kansas City
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Yankees’s last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of NY Yankees’s last 9 games when playing Kansas City
The total has gone OVER in 6 of NY Yankees’s last 8 games at home
Next up:
NY Yankees home to Kansas City, Sunday, August 17

 

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