Royals at Yankees MLB Picks & Odds: The New York Yankees will look to continue their dominance over the Kansas City Royals when they continue their weekend series Friday night at new Yankee Stadium (7:05 pm Eastern). The Royals will give the ball to starter Brian Bannister in this one. Righthander Bannister is 7-8 this season with a 5.65 ERA. Bannister's opponent in this one will be AJ Burnett. The Yankees righthander has a 4.99 ERA to go along with a 7-8 record this season.
BetUS.com lists Burnett and the Yankees as -250 moneyline favorites with a total of 10. Royals backers are getting +210 odds as the underdog. The Yankees are giving -120 run line odds (-1 1/2) while the Royals are getting EVEN odds on the RL (+1 1/2).
Burnett returns after an aborted two-inning start cut short by injury when he cut both of his hands on a clubhouse door. He is 1-1 with a 3.45 ERA in three July starts this year.
Bannister got off to a shaky start against the A's in his last start, but he stabilized and lasted 6 1/3 innings, giving up five earned runs on six hits. His command was off as he walked six, while only striking out two. Bannister will look to get his record back to .500.
Alex Rodriguez homered and drove in four runs to propel the Yankees to a 10-4 victory over the Royals on Thursday. The Yankees won that game as -290 favorites, and the 14 runs sailed OVER the posted over/under (9) set by sportsbooks. Nick Swisher chipped in with a two-run double for the Yankees, and C.C. Sabathia allowed 11 hits and four runs over 6 1-3 innings for the win. Bruce Chen gave up nine hits and five runs over six innings in the Royals loss.
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