New York Yankees at Kansas City Royals Free Pick and Betting Lines . The 22-13 Kansas City Royals play host to the 21-15 New York Yankees tonight In MLB action on the grass of Kauffman Stadium, May 15, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 8:10PM EST

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Royals +120/Yankees-130
O/U Total: 7

Pitching Matchup
Michael Pineda (R) W/L 5-0 WHIP 1.01 ERA 2.72
Chris Young (R) W/L 2-0 WHIP 0.52 ERA 0.78

New York lost 6-1 to Tampa Bay last night and is 1-3 on their current road trip. They are 4-5 in their past 9 games. Kansas City defeated Texas 6-3 yesterday to complete a 4-3 road trip. They are 6-4 in their last 10 games. They are 12-5 at home in 2015.

This is the first matchup of the season between these two clubs. KC won the season series 4-3 in 2014 but NY has a 5-4 edge in the last 9 meetings.

Pineda was dominant in his last start, a 6-2 victory over Baltimore. He allowed 1 run in 7 innings and struck out a career-high 16 batters. It was his 4th Q start of the year. New York has scored 5+ runs in 5 of his 7 starts and is 6-1 in Pineda’s 7 starts on the year.

Young received a no decision in his last start, a 2-1 victory over Detroit. It was his 2nd start of the year as he has pitched mostly in relief. He has allowed 0 runs in his 2 starts covering 11 innings.

NY as a team has had little success against Young in the past. 1B Mark Teixeira is 2-13 off of the right-hander but both hits have been homers. 2B Stephen Drew, C Brian McCann, DH Alex Rodriguez and OFs Carlos Beltran and Chris Young are a combined 9-66 (.136) off of Young.

C Salvador Perez is hitting .444 off of Pineda but the fun stops there for the majority of the KC lineup. 3B Mike Moustakas, 1B Eric Hosmer, SS Alcides Escobar, 2B Omar Infante and OFs Alex Gordon and Lorenzo Cain are a combined 6-45 (.133) off of the big right-hander.

New York at Kansas City Betting Trends

The Yankees are 1-4 straight up in their last 5 road games.
New York are 6-2 in their last 8 games on the road in Kansas City
The game total has gone under in 4 of the Yankees last 5 road games.
Kansas City is 4-2 straight up in their last 6 games.
The game total has gone under in 17 of the Royals last 25 games at home against the Yankees

Injury Report

NEW YORK YANKEES
Chris Capuano P 15-Day Disabled List
Chris Martin P 15-Day Disabled List
Ivan Nova P 60-Day Disabled List
Gregorio Petit 2B 15-Day Disabled List
Brendan Ryan SS 15-Day Disabled List
Masahiro Tanaka P 15-Day Disabled List
Chase Whitley P Day-to-Day (elbow)

KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Tim Collins P 60-Day Disabled List
Erik Kratz C 15-Day Disabled List
Kris Medlen P 60-Day Disabled List
Alex Rios OF 15-Day Disabled List
Jason Vargas P 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
New York: 46%
Kansas City: 54%

Free MLB Pick

The Yankee bats went quiet in the last three in Tampa Bay scoring a total of 5 runs. Chris Young has just two starts this season but they’ve been good ones pitching a combined 11 innings allowing zero runs on 3 hits. Young has pitched well against the New York lineup with the Yanks batters hitting a feeble .177 versus him. Michael Pineda has been fantastic this season going 5-0 in 7 starts with a 2.72 ERA on the season. He has great historical numbers against the current Royals’ batters with them as a whole hitting .197.

Take the UNDER 7‏