Yankees play the Royals leading series 1-0

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New York Yankees (32-22, second in the AL East) vs. Kansas City Royals (22-32, fourth in the AL Central)

Kansas City, Missouri; Tuesday, 7:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Yankees: Cam Schlittler (6-2, 1.50 ERA, 0.86 WHIP, 75 strikeouts); Royals: Bailey Falter (0-1, 9.82 ERA, 2.86 WHIP, six strikeouts)

LINE: Yankees -216, Royals +178; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees play the Kansas City Royals with a 1-0 series lead.

Kansas City is 22-32 overall and 15-15 in home games. The Royals have an 11-26 record in games when they have given up a home run.

New York has a 32-22 record overall and a 15-13 record on the road. The Yankees have the highest team slugging percentage in the AL at .425.

The teams square off Tuesday for the fifth time this season. The Yankees lead the season series 4-0.

TOP PERFORMERS: Maikel Garcia has 14 doubles, a triple, three home runs and 20 RBIs while hitting .262 for the Royals. Bobby Witt Jr. is 10 for 41 with three doubles and a home run over the last 10 games.

Aaron Judge leads the Yankees with 17 home runs while slugging .556. Ben Rice is 8 for 42 with three home runs and four RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Royals: 3-7, .221 batting average, 3.19 ERA, outscored by six runs

Yankees: 5-5, .239 batting average, 3.33 ERA, outscored by one run

INJURIES: Royals: James McArthur: 60-Day IL (elbow), Cole Ragans: 15-Day IL (elbow), Carlos Estevez: 15-Day IL (foot), Kris Bubic: 15-Day IL (elbow), Matt Strahm: 15-Day IL (knee), Jonathan India: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Alec Marsh: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

Yankees: Jasson Dominguez: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Giancarlo Stanton: 10-Day IL (leg), Max Fried: 15-Day IL (elbow), Angel Chivilli: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Clarke Schmidt: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.