New York Yankees defeat the Kansas City Royals behind a strong CC Sabathia

The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Kaufmann Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri and the final score was 7-1.  CC Sabathia started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  Chris Carter had three hits and four Yankees had two hits to lead the offense. 

Sabathia pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up five hits and no runs.  He walked two and struck out four and won his third game of the season.  Tyler Clippard pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out one and Jonathan Holder pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout. 

Jason Hammel pitched six innings giving up nine hits and five runs with a walk.  Hammel lost his fifth game of the season.  Seth Maness pitched an inning giving up three hits and a run, Travis Wood pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two walks and Al Alburquerque pitched a perfect inning striking out the side. 

Brett Gardner drew a walk, Gary Sanchez had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk and Matt Holliday had an RBI.  Starlin Castro had two hits, Aaron Judge had two hits and Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit and an RBI.  Chase Headley had a hit, Didi Gregorius had two hits and drew a walk and Carter had three hits and two RBI.  Gregorius hit a double, Sanchez and Carter each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Headley and Judge each had a stolen base and Gardner had an outfield assist. 

Mike Moustakas had a hit, Eric Hosmer had a hit and Jorge Bonifacio had two hits.  Jorge Soler had a hit and drew two walks.  Alex Gordon had two hits and drew a walk, Whit Merrifield had a hit and an RBI.  Hosmer hit a double and the Royals were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. 

In the third Sanchez hit a three-run homerun giving the Yankees a 3-0 lead.  In the fourth Carter hit a two-run homerun to make it 5-0.  In the seventh Ellsbury hit an RBI single to push the lead to 6-0.  In the eighth Holliday hit an RBI groundout extending the lead to 7-0.  In the ninth Merrifield hit an RBI ground out to cut the lead to 7-1 and that would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two of three on Wednesday night.