New York Yankees rally to defeat the Kansas City Royals on a walk-off

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 6-5.  Michael King started for the Yankees and pitched ok.  The bullpen had some struggles but the offense came back scoring four runs in the last two innings. 

King pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up three hits and two runs.  He walked three and struck out five.  Chad Green pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up no hits or runs and striking out a batter, Zack Britton pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with two strikeouts and Aroldis Chapman pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs with two walks and two strikeouts.  He won his fifth game but had his third blown save of the season. 

Danny Duffy started for the Royals and he pitched two innings with three walks and four strikeouts.  Kyle Zimmer pitched an inning giving up a hit, Carlos Hernandez pitched two innings giving up a hit and two runs with three walks and two strikeouts and Josh Staumont pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout.  Scott Barlow pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two walks and he struck out two, Jake Brentz pitched an inning giving up a hit and two runs with two walks and Greg Holland pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up three hits and two runs with a strikeout.  Holland lost his third game of the season and blew his fourth save of the season. 

DJ LeMahieu had a hit and drew a walk, Gary Sanchez had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and drew three walks.  Luke Voit had a hit and an RBI, Gleyber Torres drew two walks and Miguel Andujar had a hit and drew a walk.  Clint Frazier had a hit, two RBI and drew two walks, Roughned Odor had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and Frazier hit a double.  Odor and Sanchez each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base. 

Whit Merrifield had a hit, Carlos Santana had two hits, an RBI and drew two walks and Salvador Perez had a hit.  Sebastian Rivero had an RBI and drew a walk, Ryan O’Hearn had two hits and three RBI and Jorge Soler had a hit.  Kelvin Gutierrez drew a walk, Michael Taylor had a hit and Nick Lopez drew a walk.  Perez and Soler each hit a double and O’Hearn and Santana each hit a homerun.  The Royals were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. 

In the first O’Hearn hit a two-run homerun giving the Royals a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of the fourth Frazier hit a two-run double to tie the score at two.  In the eighth Santana hit a solo homerun giving the Royals back the lead at 3-2.  In the bottom of the eighth Odor hit a two-run homerun giving the Yankees the lead at 4-3.  In the ninth an RBI walk by Rivero tied the game at four and O’Hearn hit an RBI single to give the Royals a 5-4 lead.  In the bottom of the ninth Sanchez hit a solo homerun tying the game at five and Voit hit a walk-off RBI single giving the Yankees the 6-5 victory. 

The two teams will play the rubber game on Thursday afternoon.