New York Yankees completely shutdown by the Kansas City Royals

 

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-0.  Marcus Stroman started for the Yankees, and he pitched well.  The bullpen wasn’t great, and the offense couldn’t touch Seth Lugo.  Gleyber Torres had two of the three hits. 

Stroman pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and three runs with two walks and four strikeouts.  Stroman took his eighth loss of the season.  Mark Leiter Jr. pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with two strikeouts and Tim Mayza pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with two strikeouts. 

Lugo started for the Royals, and he pitched seven shutout innings giving up three hits and no runs or walks with ten strikeouts.  Lugo picked up his 16^th win of the season.  Kris Bubic pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts and John Schreiber pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts. 

Torres had two hits and Austin Wells had a hit.  The Yankees left three men on base and Wells committed an error.  Dominguez had an outfield assist. 

Tommy Pham had two hits and an RBI, Bobby Witt Jr. had a hit, and an RBI and Salvador Perez had two hits and two RBI.  Hunter Renfroe had a hit, Michael Massey had a hit and drew two walks and Maikel Garcia had an RBI.  Paul DeJong had a hit; Freddy Fermin had a hit and Kyle Isbel had two hits.  Pham hit a homerun, and the Royals were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Massey had a stolen base and Blanco had two stolen bases.  DeJong was caught stealing. 

In the top of the third Witt Jr. hit an RBI single giving the Royals a 1-0 lead.  Perez hit an RBI single and it was 2-0 Royals.  In the top of the fifth Perez hit an RBI single pushing the lead to 3-0.  In the top of the seventh Pham hit a solo homerun extending the lead to 4-0.  In the eighth Garcia hit a sac fly making it 5-0 and that was the final score.  The two teams will play the rubber game on Wednesday night. 

The New York Yankees are shutout in Kansas City and drop series

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Kansas City Royals on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Kaufmann Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri and the final score was 6-0.  Chris Capuano came back from injury to make his first start of the season for the Yankees and wasn't very good.  The Yankees offense didn't get much going. 

Capuano pitched three innings giving up four hits and four runs with two walks and four strikeouts.  He lost his first game of the season.  Esmil Rogers pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up three hits and two runs which were unearned and he walked two and struck out one, Justin Wilson struck out the only batter that he faced and Chasen Shreve pitched two perfect innings with a couple of strikeouts. 

Edison Volquez won his third game of the season pitching seven innings and giving up three htis and no runs with no walks and five strikeouts.  Wade Davis pitched an inning giving up a hit and two walks and two strikeouts and Jason Frasor pitched an inning giving up two hits. 

Jacoby Ellsbury drew a walk, Brett Gardner had a hit and Alex rodriguez had a hit.  Brian McCann had a hit, Carlos Beltran had a hit and Chase Headley had two hits.  Didi Gregorius drew a walk and Rodriguez and Beltran each hit a double and the Yankees were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Rogers and Headley each committed an error. 

Alcides Escobar had a hit and an RBI, Mike Moustakas drew a walk and Lorenzo Cain drew a walk.  Eric Hosmer had a hit and drew a walk, Kendrys Morales had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Salvador Perez had two hits and two RBI.  Omar Infante had a hit and an RBI, Paulo Orlando had a hit and an RBI and Infante and Orlando each hit a double.  Perez hit a homerun and the Royals were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

In the second Perez hit a solo homerun to give the Royals a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Morales hit an RBI single to give the Royals a 2-0 lead.  The Royals scored two runs in the fourth to push the lead to 4-0.  Perez hit an RBI single and Infante hit an RBI double.  In the sixth Orlando hit an RBI double to make it 5-0 and Escobar hit a sac fly in the sixth to make it 6-0 which would be the final score. 

The Yankees lost two out of three in the series and have lost five of their last six games.  They will be off on Monday and then have a brief two game series in Washington beginning on Tuesday night. 

The Kansas City Royals win a wild Wild Card game

The Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Kaufmann Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri and the final score was 9-8 in 12 innings.  It was the American League wild card game with the winner advancing to take on the Anaheim Angels in the American League Division Series.  James Shields started for the Royals against Jon Lester for the Athletics and at the end neither was a factor.  The offenses played well with the Athletics using power and the Royals using their speed. 

Shields pitched five innings giving up five hits and four runs with two walks and six strikeouts.  Yordano Ventura pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs, Kelvin Herrera pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up four hits and a run with three strikeouts and Wade Davis pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.  Greg Holland pitched an inning with three walks and a strikeout, Brandon Finnegan pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with a walk and three strikeouts and Jason Frasor pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Lester pitched 7 1/3 innings giving up eight hits and six runs with two walks and five strikeouts.  Luke Gregerson pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts, Sean Doolittle pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run and he blew the save.  Dan Otero took the loss pitching 1 1/3 innings giving up three hits and two runs with a strikeout, Fernando Abad pitched to one batter and retired him and Jason Hammel gave up a hit without retiring a batter. 

Alcides Escobar had two hits, Nori Aoki had an RBI and Lorenzo Cain had two hits and two RBI.  Eric Hosmer had three hits, an RBI and drew two walks, Billy Butler had two hits and two RBI and Colon had a hit and an RBI.  Alex Gordon drew a walk, Salvador Perez had a hit and an RBI and Omar Infante had two hits.  Mike Moustakas had a hit, Josh Willingham had a hit and Cain hit a double.  Hosmer hit a triple and the Royals were 7-15 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Aoki, Escobar, Cain, Gore, Gordon, Dyson and Colon each had a stolen base.  Hosmer was caught stealing and Perez had a passed ball. 

Coco Crisp had two hits and an RBI, Sam Fuld had two hits and drew a walk and Josh Donaldson had two hits and drew a walk.  Brandon Moss had two hits, five RBI and drew a walk, Josh Reddick had two hits and drew two walks and Stephen Vogt drew a walk.  Alberto Callaspo had a hit and an RBI, Derek Norris had a hit and an RBI and Eric Sogard had a hit.  Moss hit two homeruns and the Athletics were 4-9 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base. 

Moss hit a two run homerun in the first to give the Athletics a 2-0 lead.  Butler hit an RBI single in the bottom of the first to make it a 2-1 game.  In the third Cain hit an RBI double and Hosmer hit an RBI single giving the Royals a 3-2 lead.  In the sixth Moss hit a three run homerun, Norris hit an RBI single, Crisp hit an RBI single to give the Athletics a 7-3 lead.  In the eighth Cain hit an RBI single, Butler hit an RBI single and a wild pitch scored another run to make it 7-6.  In the ninth Aoki hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game at seven.  In the 12th Callaspo hit an RBI single to give the A's a 8-7 lead and then Colon hit an RBI single in the 12th to tie the game and Perez hit an RBI walk-off single to give the Royals a 9-8 win.  The Royals advance to the ALDS to play the Anaheim Angels in Anaheim beginning on Thursday night.