Royals-Yankees Pointers

The Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Yankee Stadium. The Royals will give the ball to starter Brian Bannister in this one. Righthander Bannister is 5-6 this season with a 4.60 ERA. Starting this game for the Yankees will be Andy Pettitte. The lefthander has a 4.21 ERA to go along with a 5-5 record this season. NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Yankees listed as 200-moneyline favorites versus the Royals, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Royals pulled off a 2-1 upset over the Yankees in the opener of the four-game series as +200 underdogs on Friday. The three runs fell UNDER the night's posted over/under (9.5). Miguel Olivo had three hits in four trips to the plate for the Royals. Kyle Davies allowed one run off seven hits in 6 2-3 innings to earn the victory. Melky Cabrera went 2-for-4 at the plate and drove in the lone Yankees run. Darrell Rasner gave up both runs and was tagged with the loss. Oddsmakers had the Yankees as -230 favorites for that game. Team records: Kansas City: 24-37 SU New York: 30-31 SU Kansas City most recently: When playing on Saturday are 5-5 Before playing NY Yankees are 4-6 After playing NY Yankees are 3-7 After a win are 5-5 New York most recently: When playing on Saturday are 6-4 Before playing Kansas City are 7-3 After playing Kansas City are 8-2 After a loss are 4-6 A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Kansas City's last 5 games when playing NY Yankees The total has gone OVER in 9 of Kansas City's last 12 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Kansas City's last 6 games Kansas City is 6-19 SU in their last 25 games when playing NY Yankees The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Yankees's last 5 games when playing Kansas City NY Yankees are 19-2 SU in their last 21 games when playing at home against Kansas City NY Yankees are 7-2 SU in their last 9 games at home NY Yankees are 19-6 SU in their last 25 games when playing Kansas City Next up: NY Yankees home to Kansas City, Sunday, June 8