Kansas City Royals (140)
Thu Apr 10 ’08 8:10p – Click Here for MLB Baseball Odds
The surprising Kansas City Royals look to complete the three-game sweep of the mighty New York Yankees tonight, and at this price at home, they seem like a nice investment to do just that.

The Royals are now 6-2 after taking the first two games of this series, and since they were a slight favorite in one of their losses, they are an amazing 6-1 in this underdog role, upsetting the Detroit Tigers three times, the Yankees twice and the Minnesota Twins once.

The Royals are hitting .270 as a team, and when you combined that with their sparkling 2.25 team ERA, it is easy to see why they are off to their hot start. For comparative purposes, the Yanks are batting just .244 with a 3.99 team ERA. Now today’s Royals pitcher, left-hander John Bale, had probably the worst outing of any Royals starter this year, but he should be helped by the fact that the Bronx Bombers are batting just .225 vs. southpaws in the early going. He also has the support of what has been an outstanding Kansas City bullpen so far, with a collective 0.67 ERA and 0.85 WHIP over 27 innings!

The 4-5 Yankees have simply not been hitting, scoring three runs or less seven of their nine games and a grand total of two runs over the first two games of this series. Also, their starter Andy Pettitte did not pitch well in his seasonal debut, allowing five runs and 10 baserunners in just five innings of a 6-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. Unfortunately, slow starts are nothing new for Andy, as his teams are now 4-13 in his last 17 April outings.

We look for the Kansas City magic and for the lethargic Yankees play to continue for one more day with this nice underdog price tag on Kansas City.

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