The New York Yankees were defeated
by the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.
The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the
final score was 5-0. Marcus Stroman
started for the Yankees, and he pitched well.
The bullpen wasn’t great, and the offense couldn’t touch Seth Lugo. Gleyber Torres had two of the three
hits.
Stroman pitched 5 1/3 innings
giving up seven hits and three runs with two walks and four strikeouts. Stroman took his eighth loss of the season. Mark Leiter Jr. pitched 1 2/3 innings giving
up two hits and a run with two strikeouts and Tim Mayza pitched two innings
giving up two hits and a run with two strikeouts.
Lugo started for the Royals, and he
pitched seven shutout innings giving up three hits and no runs or walks with ten
strikeouts. Lugo picked up his 16th
win of the season. Kris Bubic pitched a
perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts and John Schreiber pitched a perfect
inning with a couple of strikeouts.
Torres had two hits and Austin
Wells had a hit. The Yankees left three
men on base and Wells committed an error.
Dominguez had an outfield assist.
Tommy Pham had two hits and an RBI,
Bobby Witt Jr. had a hit, and an RBI and Salvador Perez had two hits and two
RBI. Hunter Renfroe had a hit, Michael
Massey had a hit and drew two walks and Maikel Garcia had an RBI. Paul DeJong had a hit; Freddy Fermin had a
hit and Kyle Isbel had two hits. Pham
hit a homerun, and the Royals were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and
left six men on base. Massey had a
stolen base and Blanco had two stolen bases.
DeJong was caught stealing.
In the top of the third Witt Jr.
hit an RBI single giving the Royals a 1-0 lead.
Perez hit an RBI single and it was 2-0 Royals. In the top of the fifth Perez hit an RBI
single pushing the lead to 3-0. In the
top of the seventh Pham hit a solo homerun extending the lead to 4-0. In the eighth Garcia hit a sac fly making it
5-0 and that was the final score. The
two teams will play the rubber game on Wednesday night.