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Kansas City Royals at New York Yankees Preview & Picks – Yankees To Cover In Game 1 Of MLB Playoffs Series
- Kansas City Royals at New York Yankees picks for Saturday, October 5
- MLB playoff game is taking place at Yankee Stadium
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- Kansas City Royals at New York Yankees Preview & Picks
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Kansas City Royals at New York Yankees Preview & Picks
Kansas City Royals at New York Yankees Preview & Picks
New York are tipped to cover as they take this series opener.
Starter Gerrit Cole enters this game on the back of a couple of good starts, and Kansas City struggled to get their offense going despite sweeping Baltimore in the Wild Card.
- New York Yankees went 5-2 against Kansas City in the regular season
- NY pitcher Gerrit Cole is 2-0 with just 1 earned run in his last 2 starts
- Kansas City Royals have scored just 8 runs over their last 5 games
- The Under has cashed in 8 of Kansas City's last 9 games
Head To Head
- New York Yankees won the regular season series 5-2
- New York Yankees won 4-3 when the two teams last met on September 11
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Kansas City head to New York as a reward for their Wild Card series sweep of Baltimore on the road.
The Royals earned their place in the playoffs by compiling an 86-76 record during the regular season, securing second place in the American League Central.
They closed out the regular season on a rough run of form though, losing nine of their final 13 games.
Kansas City’s slump included a seven-game losing skid and ended their chances of claiming a division title.
The Royals put that behind them in Baltimore however, as they beat the Orioles 1-0 and 2-1 to set up this series with the New York Yankees.
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New York clinched their spot in the postseason with a 94-68 record that earned them another American League East crown.
The Yankees finished three games clear of second-place Baltimore, but the gap would have been much bigger had they not cooled off over the final couple of weeks.
They went into a series with Baltimore having won nine times in an 11-game spell, but they began that series with the Orioles by losing 5-4 and 9-7.
New York avoided being swept as they took the series finale, 10-1, but they failed to build on that against Pittsburgh.
The Yankees dropped the first two meetings with the Pirates, 4-2 and 9-4, only to rebound and take their final regular season outing, 6-4.
Verdict
New York dominated the regular season series and now face a Kansas City team struggling to score.
With Gerrit Cole giving up very little in his last two outings, we expect the Yankees to draw first blood.
NY Yankees -1.5
Run Line
@105.00 - 4 Units
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