New York Yankees fall to the Royals as their bullpen falters

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 6-2.  Jordan Montgomery started for the Yankees and he pitched very well.  The Yankees bullpen wasn’t very good and Matt Holliday had two hits to lead the offense. 

Montgomery pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a run.  He walked none and struck out six.  Adam Warren pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs and he lost his first game of the season, Jonathan Holder pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a strikeout and Chasen Shreve pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk.  Bryan Mitchell pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Danny Duffy pitched seven innings giving up six hits and two runs with three walks and seven strikeouts.  Duffy won his fourth game of the season.  Joakim Soria pitched an inning giving up two hits and Mike Minor pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout. 

Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit, Aaron Hicks had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Holliday had two hits.  Starlin Castro had a hit and drew a walk, Aaron Judge had a hit and drew a walk and Chase Headley had a hit.  Chris Carter had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Headley hit a double and Hicks and Carter each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.

Mike Moustakas had a hit and two RBI, Lorenzo Cain had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Salvador Perez had a hit.  Jorge Bonifacio had a hit and two RBI, Whit Merrifield had two hits and an RBI and Cain, Bonifacio, Merrifield and Moustakas each hit a homerun and the Royals were 0-2 with runners in scoring position and left two men on base. 

In the fourth Hicks hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the fifth Carter hit a solo homerun to push the Yankees lead to 2-0.  In the seventh Cain hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 2-1.  Bonifacio hit a two-run homerun to give the Royals a 3-2 lead.  In the eighth Merrifield hit a solo homerun to extend the Royals lead to 4-2.  Moustakas hit a two-run homerun and it was 6-2 Royals which would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game three of four on Wednesday night.  The series is split 1-1 right now.