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The New York Yankees will try to win their third game in a row on Friday night as they host the Kansas City Royals at 7:05pm EST from Yankee Stadium. Online sportsbooks have the Yankees -260 favorites in MLB predictions vs the Royals +220 while the over/under baseball odds total is sitting at 10 OVER (-120). New York will send righthander AJ Burnett to the mound with a 7-8 record and 4.99 ERA for their second road game vs Kansas City in a four game set while the Royals will counter with righthander Brian Bannister who carries a 7-8 record with a 5.65 ERA. The Yankees won last night 10-4 as -290 favorites in MLB picks while the total sailed OVER the 9 posted at sportsbooks.

New York had a steady stream of hits that turned into runs as Alex Rodriguez hit homerun No. 599 and Derek Jeter hit his first inside-the-park homerun since 1996. Rodriguez nailed a 357-ft homer to right field in the seventh inning and batted in four runs on the night while CC Sabathia allowed four runs over eleven hits in 6 and 1/3 innings worth of work. The Royals had fourteen hits on the night but could only turn one run in after the second inning to give pitcher Bruce Chen the loss as he gave up nine runs over 6 and 1/3 innings.

Heading into MLB picks for tonight’s game, the Yankees have gone 60-34 on the season, 7-3 when playing on Friday and 7-3 after a win. New York is 5-1 in baseball betting for their last 6 games when playing at home against Kansas City, 7-2 in their last 9 games when playing the Royals, 6-2 in their last 8 games at home and 12-3 in their last 15 games overall. Kansas City is 1-5 in their last 6 games when playing on the road against the Yankees, 1-4 in their last 5 games on the road and 2-8 in their last 10 games overall.