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. 

Yankees top the Royals in ALDS Game 1 back and forth

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals in Game 1 of the ALDS on Saturday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 6-5.  Gerrit Cole started, and he didn’t pitch well, the bullpen did a good job.  Juan Soto led the offense with three hits and Alex Verdugo had the game winning hit. 

Cole pitched five innings giving up seven hits and four runs with three of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out four.  Tim Hill pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and an unearned run, Clay Holmes picked up the win pitching 1 2/3 innings and giving up a hit and Tommy Khanle pitched 2/3 of an inning with a walk.  Luke Weaver picked up the save pitching 1 1/3 innings with three strikeouts. 

Michael Wacha started for the Royals, and he pitched four innings giving up four hits and three runs with three walks and three strikeouts.  Angel Zerpa pitched giving up a hit and a run with two walks and didn’t record an out, John Schreiber pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out one and Sam Long pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit, a run, a walk and a strikeout.  Michael Lorenzen pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with three strikeouts and he took the loss.  Lucas Erceg pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and he struck out three. 

Gleyber Torres had a hit, two RBI and drew two walks, Soto had three hits and Aaron Judge drew a walk.  Austin Wells had a hit, two RBI and drew two walks, Giancarlo Stanton drew a walk and Jazz Chisholm had a hit.  Anthony Volpe had an RBI and drew a walk, Oswaldo Cabrera had a hit and Verdugo had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Soto and Cabrera each hit a double and Torres hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-13 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Chisholm had a stolen base and Volpe committed an error.  Soto had an outfield assist. 

Michael Massey had two hits, Salvador Perez had a hit and Yuli Gurriel had a hit and drew two walks and MJ Melendez had two hits and two RBI.  Tommy Pham had a hit and an RBI, Garrett Hampson had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and Maikel Garcia had a hit.  Melendez hit a homerun, and the Royals were 2-4 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

In the top of the second Pham hit a sac fly giving the Royals a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the third Torres hit a two-run homerun giving the Yankees a 2-1 lead.  In the top of the fourth Melendez hit a two-run homerun giving the Royals back a one run lead at 3-2.  In the bottom of the fifth Wells drew an RBI walk and Volpe drew an RBI walk giving the Yankees a 4-3 lead.  In the top of the sixth Hampson hit a two-run single giving the Royals back the lead at 5-4.  In the bottom of the sixth Wells hit an RBI single tying the game at five and in the bottom of the seventh Verdugo hit an RBI single giving the Yankees a 6-5 lead which would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two Monday night in the Bronx.