New York Yankees double up the Kansas City Royals

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals on Monday night.  The game took place at Kaufmann Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri and the final score was 4-2.  Carlos Rodon started for the Yankees, and he pitched well and Alex Verdugo and Jose Trevino led the offense with a couple of hits each. 

Rodon pitched seven innings giving up five hits and a run with three strikeouts.  Rodon picked up his ninth win of the season.  Ian Hamilton pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with three strikeouts, Michael Tonkin pitched an inning with a walk and two strikeouts. 

Seth Lugo started for the Royals, and he pitched seven innings giving up eight hits and four runs with a walk and four strikeouts.  Lugo lost his second game of the season.  Dan Altavilla pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts and Sam Long pitched an inning giving up a hit. 

Juan Soto had a hit and drew a walk; Gleyber Torres had a hit and Verdugo had two hits and an RBI.  DJ LeMahieu had a hit and an RBI; Jahmai Jones had a hit and Trevino had two hits and two RBI.  Oswaldo Cabrera had a hit.   The Yankees were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Jones was caught stealing. 

Bobby Witt Jr. had a hit and an RBI, Salvador Perez had a hit and Nelson Velazquez had a hit.  Nick Loftin had two hits and drew a walk, Freddy Fermin had a hit and an RBI and Dairon Blanco had a hit.  Witt Jr. hit a double and the Royals were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Blanco had a stolen base. 

In the first Verdugo hit an RBI single and LeMahieu had a sac bunt scoring a run and giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the fourth Trevino hit a two-run single pushing the lead to 4-0.  In the bottom of the seventh Fermin hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 4-1.  In the bottom of the eighth Witt Jr. hit an RBI double cutting the lead to 4-2 and that would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two of four on Tuesday night.