New York Yankees defeat Kansas City Royals in makeup game

The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals on Monday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 11-3.  CC Sabathia started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  Gary Sanchez, Didi Gregorius and Ronald Torreyes each had three hits to lead the offense. 

Sabathia pitched six innings giving up three runs on six hits.  He walked one and struck out four and won his 13^th game of the season.  Chad Green pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one, David Robertson pitched a perfect inning with three strikeouts and Tommy Khanle pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out two. 

Jakob Junis pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and six runs with a walk and four strikeouts.  Junis lost his third game of the season.  Ryan Buchter pitched to one batter and struck him out, Trevor Cahill pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up four hits and two runs with a walk and Scott Alexander pitched 1/3 of an inning and gave up a walk.  Mike Morin pitched an inning giving up four hits and three runs with a walk. 

Brett Gardner had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Aaron Judge had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk and Sanchez had three hits and an RBI.  Gregorius had three hits and two RBI and Matt Holliday had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Greg Bird had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Torreyes had three hits and Sanchez, Holliday and Gardner each hit a double and Torreyes hit two doubles.  Judge hit two homeruns and Bird and Sanchez each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 4-10 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

Lorenzo Cain had a hit and drew a walk, Melky Cabrera had a hit and Eric Hosmer had a hit.  Salvador Perez had a hit and two RBI, Mike Moustakas had a hit and an RBI and Jorge Bonifacio had a hit and drew two walks.  Cain hit a double and Perez and Moustakas each hit a homerun.  The Royals were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Bonifacio was caught stealing and Bonifacio committed an error. 

In the first Gregorius hit an RBI ground out giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the third Judge hit a two-run homerun to extend the lead to 3-0.  In the sixth Holliday hit an RBI double, Bird hit a two-run homerun and the lead was pushed to 6-0.  In the seventh Perez hit a two-run homerun and Moustakas hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 6-3.  In the bottom of the seventh Judge hit a solo homerun and Sanchez hit a solo homerun which was back-to-back to make it an 8-3 game.  In the eighth Gardner hit an RBI double, Gregorius hit an RBI single and Holliday hit a sac fly to make it a 11-3 game which would be the final.