Kansas City at New York

Yordano Ventura has been hit hard his last two starts against the Mariners and the Indians. He allowed 10 runs and nine hits in only eight innings with 11 walks. The right-hander is 0-3 with a 7.07 ERA on the road and May has been his worst month with a 1-6 record the last three years. Michael Pineda has a 5.73 ERA, but that mostly is due to two bad outings while his other four appearances have been quality starts. Pineda held hot-hitting Boston to four runs in 11 innings his last two starts and he has pitched well against Kansas City with a 2.49 ERA versus the Royals the last three seasons. New York has won two straight and the Royals have lost three in a row and are 6-12 away from home as they appear to be suffering from a World Series hangover in all phases of the game. Take the Yankees.