New York Yankees blank the Kansas City Royals

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night.  The game took place at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri and the final score was 3-0.  Gerrit Cole started for the Yankees and he pitched well and the bullpen pitched well also.  Gleyber Torres, Aaron Hicks and Joey Gallo each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Cole pitched six innings giving up five hits and no runs.  He walked two and struck out six.  Cole won his second game of the season.  Miguel Castro pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout, Clay Holmes pitched an inning giving up a hit and Aroldis Chapman pitched a perfect inning and picked up his fifth save of the season. 

Carlos Hernandez started for the Royals and he pitched four innings giving up four hits and three runs with two being earned.  He walked five and struck out three and took his first loss of the season.  Joey Payamps pitched two innings giving up two hits and he struck out one and Ronald Bolanos pitched three innings giving up two hits and three walks with a strikeout. 

Josh Donaldson had a hit and drew two walks, Anthony Rizzo drew two walks and Giancarlo Stanton had a hit.  Torres had two hits and an RBI, Hicks had two hits and drew two walks and Gallo had two hits.  Isiah Kiner-Falefa had an RBI and drew a walk, Jose Trevino drew a walk and Donaldson hit a double.  The Yankees were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Rizzo and Kiner-Falefa were caught stealing and Kiner-Falefa committed an error. 

Whit Merrifield had a hit and drew two walks, Andrew Benintendi drew a walk and Carlos Santana had a hit.  Hunter Dozier had two hits, Bobby Witt Jr. had a hit and Edward Olivares had two hits.  Dozier hit a double and the Royals were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Olivares had a stolen base and Lopez committed an error. 

In the second Kiner-Falefa hit into a double play and a run scored giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the third Torres hit a sac fly pushing the lead to 2-0 and in the fourth Kiner-Falefa hit a sac fly making it a 3-0 game which would be the final score. 

The two teams will play the third and final game of the series on Sunday afternoon with the Yankees looking for the sweep and their ninth straight victory.