The Kansas City Royals will look to even their series against the New York Yankees in game two of their best-of-five series.
Kansas City Royals (86-76) vs. New York Yankees (94-68)
Game 2:
Date: Monday, October 7
Time: 7:38 pm EST
Broadcast: TBS
Field: Yankees Stadium, Bronx, NY
Line: Yankees -150 / O/U 7.5
Probable Starting Pitchers
Cole Ragans (11-9, 3.15 ERA) vs. Carlos Rodon (16-9, 3.96 ERA)
Ragans this season went 11-9 with a 3.15 ERA, a 3.00 FIP, a 1.14 WHIP, a 3.2 BB/9, and a 10.8 K/9 in 186.1 innings. In his first preseason start, he went six shutout innings giving up four hits; he didn’t issue a walk and struck out eight. He made one start against the Yankees this season going six innings giving up two runs on three hits; he walked three and struck out seven. Rodon goes for the Yankees he was 16-9 with a 3.96 ERA, a 4.39 FIP, a 1.22 WHIP, a 2.9 BB/9, and a 10.0 K/9 in 175 innings. He faced the Royals twice this season going 1-0 with a 2.08 ERA, a 0.85 WHIP, and 12 strikeouts in 13 innings.
Royals vs. Yankees Postseason Leaders
Royals:
AVG – Michael Massey – .385
HR – MJ Melendez – 1
RBI – Bobby Witt Jr. – 2
IP – Cole Ragans – 6.0
ERA – Cole Ragans – 0.00
K – Cole Ragans – 8
Yankees:
AVG – Alex Verdugo – .667
HR – Gleybar Torres – 1
RBI – Austin Wells – 2
IP – Gerrit Cole – 5.0
ERA – Clay Holmes – 0.00
K – Gerrit Cole – 4
Royals vs. Yankees Postseason Numbers
Royals
AVG: .232 (6)
OPS: .579 (9)
R: 8 (6)
HR: 1 (7)
ERA: 2.42 (3)
K: 33 (3)
WHIP: 1.23 (7)
Yankees
AVG: .273 (1)
OPS: .839 (2)
R: 6 (9)
HR: 1 (7)
ERA: 3.00 (4)
K: 7 (12)
WHIP: 1.33 (9)
