Royals vs. Yankees Game 4 Prediction: Odds, expert picks, pitching matchup, betting trends and stats

Giancarlo Stanton went 8 yards in the top^Th inning last night in Kansas City to break a 2-2 tie, and the Yankees won Game 3 3-2. New York secured a 2-1 lead in its series with the Royals. Stanton was the New York offense. He had 3 of 4 hits for New York in the game and even stole a base in leading the pinstripes to the win. Tommy Kahnle got the win for New York. Kris Bubic, the 6th^Th Of 7 Royals pitchers suffered the loss for KC that night.

The Yankees will try to close out the series on Thursday afternoon in Kansas City, and they will send their ace, Gerrit Cole, to the mound against Michael Wacha of the Royals.

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Game details and how to watch Yankees @ Royals – Game 4

● Date: Thursday, October 10, 2024
● Time: 8:08 p.m. ET
● Location: Kauffman Stadium
● City: Kansas City, MO
● TV/Streaming: TBS, TruTV, MAX

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Game 4 odds for Yankees @ Royals

The latest odds from Thursday morning:

● Money line: Kansas City Royals (+125), New York Yankees (-155)
● Spread: Royals +1.5 (-135), Yankees -1.5 (+110)
● In total: 7.5

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Projected Starters for New York @ Kansas City – Game 4

● Pitching matchup on Thursday (October 10): Gerrit Cole vs. Michael Wacha

○ Royals: Wacha – Started Game 1 of this series and pitched 4 innings, giving up 3 runs on 4 hits including 1 HR to Gleyber Torres.

○ Yankees: Cole – Started Game 1 and lasted 5 innings, allowing 3 earned runs on 7 hits, including 1 HR to MJ Melendez.

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Top betting trends and insights to know ahead of Royals @ Yankees Game 4

• Aaron Judge is 1-11 (.091) with 5 strikeouts through 1^st 3 games in this series.

• Judge has 37 hits in 181 career postseason ABs (.204) with 13 HRs and 71 strikeouts

• Bobby Witt Jr. is 1-13 (.077) in this series.

• The Yankees have won three straight on the road while the Royals have lost six straight at home

• The under is 4-1 in the Royals' last five games

• The Yankees have covered the spread in 4 of their last 5 road games

Playoff stories for Kansas City and New York

• Royals: KC won World Series titles in 1985 and 2015. They won the American League pennant in 1980, 1985, 2014 and 2015. They won the AL Central once (2015) and the AL West seven times (1976-81, 1984 and 1985). ).

• Yankees: New York has won 27 world championships. Their last World Series win was in 2009. They have been to the playoffs 57 times and won 40 AL pennants

• These teams last met in the playoffs four times between 1976 and 1980. The Yankees won three of those four American League Championship Series.

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Expert tips and predictions for Game 4 of the series between Kansas City and New York

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Once the model is finished running, we place its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to determine a relative confidence level for each bet.

Here are the best bets our model predicts for Game 4 between the Royals and Yankees on Thursday:

· Money line: NBC Sports recommends a game against the Yankees on the moneyline
· Spread: NBC Sports recommends a game against the Yankees on the run line
· Total number of runs: NBC Sports is leaning towards a game with an OVER of 7.5 total runs

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