A day after the Yankees bunted to produce runs, they used the long ball to beat the Royals 10-1 Tuesday night in Kansas City.
Here are the takeaways…
-The Yankees scored some runs in the first inning on Tuesday, continuing their trend from last night’s game without Aaron Judge. After Anthony Volpe led off with a triple, while Judge dunked a single into right field to give New York a 1-0 lead.
Alex Verdugo moved Juan Soto and Judge to second and third base on a grounder, and then Giancarlo Stanton hit a grounder to third base, which gave the Royals’ Michael Garcia threw home, but Soto slid around Salvador Perez to get his hand on home plate before the tag and put the Yankees up 2-0.
–Austin Wells capped a four-run fourth inning with his three-run shot that went 450 feet Brady singer. It was Wells’ second home run of the season and his third straight game with at least one hit. The young catcher went 2-for-4.
-Judge and Stanton added to the Yankees’ offense with home runs in the seventh. Judge launched his MLB-leading 25th home run at 436 feet with Soto on base to give the Yanks a 9-0 lead, and Stanton went right up the middle at 446 feet to give New York double-digit runs.
RBI singles out Gleyber Torres And Oswaldo Cabrera accounted for the other Yankees runs.
–Marcus Stroman was effective again, giving the Yankees 5.2 innings of scoreless baseball, but it wasn’t without its ups and downs. Stroman worked around runners, but was pulled out with the bases loaded in the sixth, but Ron Marinacioafter which he returned to the team from the minors Dennis Santana was DFA’d and struck out the next batter to get out of the inning.
Stroman threw 5.2 innings (102 pitches/54 hits), giving up just four hits and three walks, while striking out one batter.
–Anthony Rizzo returned to the lineup on Tuesday after missing the last two games. Although he went hitless (0-4), all of his at-bats were good. He lined up where the second baseman was positioned. In his second at bat, he narrowly missed a double down the left field line, but ultimately hit a sharp ground ball to the first baseman. He reached base on an error that could have resulted in a single.
Rizzo also made a great catch over the shoulder in right field and stole a single. He also scooped up a possible throwing error by Cabrera at third base.
Game MVP: Ron Marinaccio
It’s easy to say “Judge” or any of the Yankees hitters, but let’s go outside the box and go with Marinaccio.
In his first game back with the team, the right-hander gave the Yankees 2.1 innings, striking out three, walking one and hitting a batter. The only downside was a solo recording that he gave up on Freddy Fermin in the eighth.
Highlights
What’s next
The Yankees continue their four-game series against the Royals on Wednesday night. The first pitch is scheduled for 8:10 PM
Cody Poteet takes the mound for New York (2-0, 1.72 ERA). Kansas City has yet to name a starter.
