New York Yankees roll to victory and take eighth straight series

The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Kaufmann Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri and the final score was 10-1.  Sonny Gray started for the Yankees and he pitched great.  Miguel Andujar and Austin Romine each had three hits to lead the offense. 

Gray won his third game of the season pitching eight innings giving up four hits and a run with a walk and five strikeouts.  A.J. Cole pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts. 

Eric Skoglund pitched five innings giving up eight hits and six runs with two walks and three strikeouts and he lost his fourth game of the season.  Brian Flynn pitched three innings giving up four hits and two runs with two walks and two strikeouts and Jason Adam pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a strikeout. 

Brett Gardner had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Aaron Judge drew a walk and Giancarlo Stanton had two hits.  Aaron Hicks had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Tyler Austin had two hits and four RBI and Andujar had three hits and an RBI.  Romine had three hits and two RBI, Ronald Torreyes had a hit and Gleyber Torres drew a walk.  Stanton and Romine each hit a double and Andujar and Hicks each hit a triple.  Austin hit two homeruns and Andujar and Romine each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 5-11 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. 

John Jay had a hit and an RBI, Mike Moustakas had a hit and Hunter Dozier had two hits.  Drew Butera drew a walk, the Royals were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. 

In the fourth Austin hit a two-run homerun to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  Romine hit an RBI single to push the lead to 3-0.  In the fifth Hicks hit an RBI triple to extend the lead to 4-0.  Austin hit a two-run homerun to make it a 6-0 game.  In the eighth Gardner hit an RBI single to push the lead to 7-0 and a wild pitch made it 8-0.  In the bottom of the eighth Jay hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 8-1.  In the ninth Andujar and Romine each hit a solo homerun to make it a 10-1 game and that was the final. 

The Yankees won their eighth straight series as they won two out of three.  They will head to Texas to begin a three-game series with the Rangers on Monday night.