New York Yankees lose to the Kansas City Royals to even series at one

 

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Kansas City Royals on Monday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 4-2.  Carlos Rodon started and pitched great for the first three innings and then got into trouble in the fourth and didn’t even pitch out of it.  The bullpen was great and the offense struggled again. 

Rodon pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up four runs on seven hits and he struck out seven.  Rodon took the loss.  Ian Hamilton pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out three, Jake Cousins pitched 1/3 of an inning with a walk and Tim Hill pitched 2/3 of an inning.  Clay Holmes pitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out two, Tommy Khanle pitched an inning giving up a walk and striking out two and Tim Mayza pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one.  Luke Weaver faced one batter and retired him. 

Cole Ragans started for the Royals and he pitched four innings giving up three hits and a run with four walks and five strikeouts.  Angel Zerpa pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one and earned his second win of the postseason.  John Schreiber pitched a perfect inning, Kris Bubic pitched two innings giving up two hits and he struck out two and Lucas Erceg pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run.  He picked up his third save of the postseason. 

Gleyber Torres drew two walks, Juan Soto drew a walk and Aaron Judge had a hit and drew a walk.  Austin Wells had a hit, Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and an RBIK, Jazz Chisholm had a hit and an RBI and Anthony Volpe had a hit and drew a walk.  Alex Verdugo had a hit and Jon Berti had a hit.  Chisholm Jr. hit a homerun and the Yankees were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Volpe had a stolen base and Chisholm Jr. committed an error.  Soto had an outfield assist. 

Maikel Garcia had four hits and an RBI, Salvador Perez had a hit and an RBI and Yuli Gurriel had a hit.  Michael Massey had a hit and drew two walks, Tommy Pham had a hit and an RBI and Garrett Hampson had two hits and an RBI.  Kyle Isbel had a hit, Perez hit a homerun and the Royals were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Pham had a stolen base and Garcia had a stolen base.  Isbel was caught stealing. 

In the bottom of the third Stanton hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the top of the fourth Perez hit a solo homerun tying the game at one.  Pham hit an RBI single, Hampson hit an RBI single and Garcia hit an RBI single giving the Royals a 4-1 lead.  In the bottom of the ninth Chisholm Jr. hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 4-2 but that would be the final score.  The series is tied 1-1 going to Kansas City for Game 3 on Wednesday night.