New York Yankees win second in a row over the Kansas City Royals

The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals on Saturday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 9-2.  Masahiro Tanaka started for the Yankees and pitched very well.  Clint Frazier led the offense with three hits. 

Tanaka pitched seven innings giving up four hits and a run with three walks and seven strikeouts.  He won his second game of the season.  Jonathan Holder pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout. 

Heath Fillmyer pitched four innings giving up seven hits and six runs with two walks and three strikeouts.  Fillmyer lost his first game of the season.  Glenn Sparkman pitched three innings giving up six hits and three runs with two walks and two strikeouts and Jake Newberry pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two. 

DJ LeMahieu had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Aaron Judge had two hits and an RBI and Luke Voit had a hit.  Gleyber Torres had a hit and an RBI, Frazier had three hits and two RBI and Mike Ford drew two walks.  Gio Urshela had three hits, Austin Romine had two hits and an RBI and Mike Tauchman had a hit, three RBI and drew a walk.  Romine, Frazier and Urshela each hit a double and LeMahieu, Tauchman and Frazier each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 4-11 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. 

Whit Merrifield had a hit and an RBI, Adalberto Mondesi drew a walk and Hunter Dozier had a hit and drew two walks.  Chris Owings had a hit and an RBI,Jorge Soler drew a walk and Lucas Duda had two hits.  Billy Hamilton had a hit, Dozier hit a double and Hamilton hit a triple.  Owings, Merrifield each hit a homerun.  The Royals were 0-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. 

In the first Judge hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the second Frazier hit a solo homerun to push the Yankees lead to 2-0.  In the fourth Tauchman hit a three-run homerun to make it a 5-0 game.  LeMahieu hit a homerun making it a 6-0 game.  In the sixth Merrifield hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 6-1.  In the bottom of the sixth Torres and Frazier each hit an RBI single to extend the Yankees lead to 8-1.  In the seventh Romine hit an RBI single and it was 9-1 Yankees.  In the ninth Owings hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 9-2 and that would be the final score. 

The teams will play the fourth and final game on Sunday afternoon.  The Yankees have won two out of three so far and four of their last five games.