New York Yankees lose to the Kansas City Royals to even series at one

 

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Kansas City Royals on Monday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 4-2.  Carlos Rodon started and pitched great for the first three innings and then got into trouble in the fourth and didn’t even pitch out of it.  The bullpen was great and the offense struggled again. 

Rodon pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up four runs on seven hits and he struck out seven.  Rodon took the loss.  Ian Hamilton pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out three, Jake Cousins pitched 1/3 of an inning with a walk and Tim Hill pitched 2/3 of an inning.  Clay Holmes pitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out two, Tommy Khanle pitched an inning giving up a walk and striking out two and Tim Mayza pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one.  Luke Weaver faced one batter and retired him. 

Cole Ragans started for the Royals and he pitched four innings giving up three hits and a run with four walks and five strikeouts.  Angel Zerpa pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one and earned his second win of the postseason.  John Schreiber pitched a perfect inning, Kris Bubic pitched two innings giving up two hits and he struck out two and Lucas Erceg pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run.  He picked up his third save of the postseason. 

Gleyber Torres drew two walks, Juan Soto drew a walk and Aaron Judge had a hit and drew a walk.  Austin Wells had a hit, Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and an RBIK, Jazz Chisholm had a hit and an RBI and Anthony Volpe had a hit and drew a walk.  Alex Verdugo had a hit and Jon Berti had a hit.  Chisholm Jr. hit a homerun and the Yankees were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Volpe had a stolen base and Chisholm Jr. committed an error.  Soto had an outfield assist. 

Maikel Garcia had four hits and an RBI, Salvador Perez had a hit and an RBI and Yuli Gurriel had a hit.  Michael Massey had a hit and drew two walks, Tommy Pham had a hit and an RBI and Garrett Hampson had two hits and an RBI.  Kyle Isbel had a hit, Perez hit a homerun and the Royals were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Pham had a stolen base and Garcia had a stolen base.  Isbel was caught stealing. 

In the bottom of the third Stanton hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the top of the fourth Perez hit a solo homerun tying the game at one.  Pham hit an RBI single, Hampson hit an RBI single and Garcia hit an RBI single giving the Royals a 4-1 lead.  In the bottom of the ninth Chisholm Jr. hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 4-2 but that would be the final score.  The series is tied 1-1 going to Kansas City for Game 3 on Wednesday night. 

Yankees top the Royals in ALDS Game 1 back and forth

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals in Game 1 of the ALDS on Saturday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 6-5.  Gerrit Cole started, and he didn’t pitch well, the bullpen did a good job.  Juan Soto led the offense with three hits and Alex Verdugo had the game winning hit. 

Cole pitched five innings giving up seven hits and four runs with three of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out four.  Tim Hill pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and an unearned run, Clay Holmes picked up the win pitching 1 2/3 innings and giving up a hit and Tommy Khanle pitched 2/3 of an inning with a walk.  Luke Weaver picked up the save pitching 1 1/3 innings with three strikeouts. 

Michael Wacha started for the Royals, and he pitched four innings giving up four hits and three runs with three walks and three strikeouts.  Angel Zerpa pitched giving up a hit and a run with two walks and didn’t record an out, John Schreiber pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one and Sam Long pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit, a run, a walk and a strikeout.  Michael Lorenzen pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with three strikeouts and he took the loss.  Lucas Erceg pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and he struck out three. 

Gleyber Torres had a hit, two RBI and drew two walks, Soto had three hits and Aaron Judge drew a walk.  Austin Wells had a hit, two RBI and drew two walks, Giancarlo Stanton drew a walk and Jazz Chisholm had a hit.  Anthony Volpe had an RBI and drew a walk, Oswaldo Cabrera had a hit and Verdugo had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Soto and Cabrera each hit a double and Torres hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-13 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Chisholm had a stolen base and Volpe committed an error.  Soto had an outfield assist. 

Michael Massey had two hits, Salvador Perez had a hit and Yuli Gurriel had a hit and drew two walks and MJ Melendez had two hits and two RBI.  Tommy Pham had a hit and an RBI, Garrett Hampson had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and Maikel Garcia had a hit.  Melendez hit a homerun, and the Royals were 2-4 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

In the top of the second Pham hit a sac fly giving the Royals a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the third Torres hit a two-run homerun giving the Yankees a 2-1 lead.  In the top of the fourth Melendez hit a two-run homerun giving the Royals back a one run lead at 3-2.  In the bottom of the fifth Wells drew an RBI walk and Volpe drew an RBI walk giving the Yankees a 4-3 lead.  In the top of the sixth Hampson hit a two-run single giving the Royals back the lead at 5-4.  In the bottom of the sixth Wells hit an RBI single tying the game at five and in the bottom of the seventh Verdugo hit an RBI single giving the Yankees a 6-5 lead which would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two Monday night in the Bronx. 

New York Yankees have late dramatic comeback to down the Boston Red Sox

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox on Friday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-4.  Clarke Schmidt started for the Yankees, and he pitched well.  The offense was led by Aaron Judge who had two hits including a grand slam. 

Schmidt pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up five hits and two runs with one walk and five strikeouts.  Mark Leiter Jr. won his fourth game of the season pitching 1 1/3 innings giving up three hits and two runs with two strikeouts and Luke Weaver picked up his second save of the season pitching two innings and giving up one hit with five strikeouts. 

Richard Fitts started for the Red Sox pitching five innings and giving up two hits and no runs with three walks and two strikeouts.  Justin Slaten pitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out two, Zack Kelly pitched giving up a hit and three runs with two walks and Cam Booser pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and a strikeout and he lost his second game of the season.  Greg Weissert pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Luis Guerrero pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts. 

Gleyber Torres had a hit and an RBI, Juan Soto drew a walk and Judge had two hits, four RBI and drew a walk.  Austin Wells drew a walk, Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and drew a walk and Jazz Chisholm had a hit.  Anthony Rizzo had two hits, Anthony Volpe drew a walk and Alex Verdugo drew a walk.  Rizzo hit a double and Judge hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Chisholm was caught stealing. 

Jarren Duran had three hits, Rafael Devers had a hit and drew a walk and Masataka Yoshida had two hits and two RBI.  Triston Casas had a hit, Trevor Story had two hits, and two RBI and Duran hit a double.  Yoshida and Story each hit a homerun, and the Red Sox were 0-1 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Duran was caught stealing. 

In the top of the sixth Yoshida hit a two-run homerun giving the Red Sox a 2-0 lead.  In the top of the seventh Story hit a two-run homerun pushing the Red Sox lead to 4-0.  In the bottom of the seventh Torres hit an RBI single and Judge hit a grand-slam giving the Yankees a 5-4 lead and that would be the final score.  The two teams will play game three of four on Saturday night. 

New York Yankees win a ten inning thriller on a walk-off by Juan Soto

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox in ten innings on Friday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 2-1.  Nestor Cortes Jr. started for the Yankee and he pitched well, the bullpen was excellent.  The Yankees had seven hits but not one player had more then a hit.  Gleyber Torres hit a homerun. 

Cortes pitched five innings giving up three hits and a run with three walks and nine strikeouts.  Ian Hamilton pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up no hits or runs and he struck out three, Tim Hill pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up no hits, run or walks but he struck out a batter and Tommy Khanle pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout.  Clay Holmes picked up his third win of the season pitching to two batters and retiring them both. 

Cooper Criswell started for the Red Sox and he pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up four hits and a run with three walks and four strikeouts, Cam Booser pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he walked two and Zack Kelly pitched to one batter and retired him.  Justin Slaten pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one, Chris Martin pitched an inning with two strikeouts and Kenley Jansen pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.  Josh Winckowski pitched giving up a hit and an unearned run because it was the winning run by the ghost runner in the tenth inning.  He took his second loss of the season. 

Torres had a hit and an RBI, Juan Soto had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Aaron Judge had a hit.  Austin Wells had a hit, Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and drew a walk and Jazz Chisholm Jr. had a hit and drew a walk.  Jasson Dominguez had a hit and drew a walk, Anthony Rizzo drew a walk and Torres hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Chisholm Jr. was caught stealing and picked off. 

Tyler O’Neill had a hit and drew a walk, Connor Wong had a hit and drew two walks and Danny Jansen had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Wilyer Abreu had a hit, Wong and O’Neill each hit a double and Jansen hit a homerun.  The Red Sox were 0-11 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Abreu had a stolen base and Jansen had a pickoff. 

In the bottom of the first Torres hit a solo homerun giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the top of the fifth Jansen hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  In the bottom of the tenth Soto hit an RBI walk-off single giving the Yankees a 2-1 victory.  This was game one of four and the two teams will play game two on Friday night. 

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.