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The Yankees have won nine straight series against the Royals dating back to May 2015, including taking the final three games of a four-game set from April 18-21 this season. That is the longest active streak by any team against a single opponent, and the longest streak by either team in the history of the Yankees/Royals matchup.

New York swept Baltimore this week, hitting 13 home runs over the four-game series. Entering their 50th game, the Yankees already have three batters with 12+ home runs, the second time in franchise history that three players have hit 12+ home runs in the first 50 team games -- in 1956, Mickey Mantle (21), Yogi Berra (16), and Hank Bauer (13) each did so.

The Royals split a two-game series with the Cardinals that was played as a doubleheader on Wednesday after Tuesday's game was postponed. Since sweeping the Indians from April 12-14, the Royals have posted a series record of 0-9-2, the only team that has not won a series in that span.

Gio Urshela will play in his 40th game as a Yankee this weekend, and he enters the weekend batting .333 on the season. In the last 50 seasons, only five players have had a better batting average through the first 40 games of their Yankee careers: Ron Blomberg (.351), David Justice (.350), Don Slaught (.346), Luke Voit (.338), and Bobby Abreu (.338).

Adalberto Mondesi logged his 40th RBI of the season on Wednesday in his 48th game, becoming the fastest Royal to reach 40 RBI in a season since 2000, when Mike Sweeney did so in 42 games while Jermaine Dye took 44 games.

Chad Green will serve as an "opener" for the Yankees, entering with a .368 opponent batting average this season after posting a .229 opponent average last season. Among pitchers with at least 50 batters faced this season and 150 batters faced last season, only Colorado's Seunghwan Oh (+.159) and Milwaukee's Corbin Burnes (+.140) have a larger increase.

HP - Culbreth, 1B - De Jesus, 2B - Bucknor, 3B - Reyburn

Royals

The New York Yankees will be looking to continue their hot pace, while the Kansas City Royals will be looking to win a series for the first time since April 12-14 as the two clubs start a three-game series in Kansas City on Friday night.
The Yankees have won five straight and nine out of 10, following their 6-5 victory at Baltimore on Thursday. Aaron Hicks walked with the bases loaded in the top of the ninth to push across the winning run. The rally came after the Yankees gave up a 5-1 lead entering the bottom of the eighth, as Tommy Kahnle gave up a three-run homer to Renato Nunez to tie the score.

Streaking Yankees visit slumping Royals

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)  The only New York Yankees in action Friday were those on the injured list.
While the big league club was rained out in Kansas City, Yankees pitcher James Paxton and shortstop Didi Gregorius continued testing out their injuries in extended spring training Friday - with mixed results.

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