MLB

New York Yankees at Kansas City Royals

· Major League Baseball
New York Yankees
33-22, 16-13 Away
Final
15 - 1
Kansas City Royals
22-33, 15-16 Home

Yankees hit 6 homers, every starter has at least 2 hits for first time amid a 15-1 romp over Royals

New York Yankees vs. Kansas City Royals: Game Highlights

Amed Rosario homered twice and Cody Bellinger, Anthony Volpe, Trent Grisham and Jazz Chisholm Jr. also went deep for the Yankees, who have hit a league-leading 82 home runs this season. Kansas City, by comparison, has hit just 51.

The Yankees finished with 24 hits against Kansas City, their most since a game against Baltimore on July 30, 2011.

Cam Schlittler (7-2) allowed his third homer of the year, a solo shot by Bobby Witt Jr., but little else over six innings. It was the seventh time in his last eight starts that Schlittler allowed one earned run or fewer, and he struck out six without issuing a walk.

The Royals sent Bailey Falter (0-2) out against him to lead off a designated bullpen game. He wound up allowing as many runs (seven) as he recorded outs, and the Yankees proceeded to pull away against Luinder Avila and the rest of the Kansas City staff.

That included backup outfielder Tyler Tolbert, who threw a diet of 44 mph lobs in the ninth inning.

Bellinger started the damage for New York by homering for the second straight game, a two-out shot in the first. Paul Goldschmidt followed with a double and, when the Royals thought they were out of the inning on a sinking liner right fielder Jac Caglianone lazily snared at grass level, a challenge by Yankees manager Aaron Boone showed the ball had touched the ground.

Rather than escaping the inning down 1-0, the Royals trailed 2-0 with a runner on base. Rosario made it 4-0 a couple of pitchers later, sending Falter's hanging curveball 420 feet over the left-field fence, and the Yankees were on their way.

Up next Yankees RHP Gerrit Cole (0-0, 0.00 ERA) makes his second start since Tommy John surgery when he faces Royals LHP Noah Cameron (2-3, 4.72) in the series finale Wednesday night. Cole allowed two hits over six scoreless innings against Tampa Bay last Friday night. It was his first major league game since Game 5 of the 2024 World Series against the Dodgers.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Caglianone grounded out to pitcher.
9th Inning Thomas reached on infield single to pitcher, Jensen to third.
9th Inning Jensen doubled to left.
9th Inning Collins grounded out to third.
9th Inning Massey flied out to right.
9th Inning Grisham flied out to center.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
17 Ground Balls 14
5 Strikeouts 6
15 Runs Batted In 1
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
24 Hits 6
0 Stolen Bases 0
5 Walks 1
0 Catcher Interference 0
15 Runs 1
0 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
50 At Bats 33
6 Home Runs 1
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
25 Runners Left On Base 10
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
4 Doubles 2
28 Fly Balls 13
0 Caught Stealing 0
211 Pitches 121
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 0
46 Total Bases 11
55 Plate Appearances 34
972.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
10 Extra Base Hits 3
19.5 Runs Created 2.1
.480 Batting Average .182
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.920 Slugging Percentage .333
.540 Secondary Average .182
.527 On Base Percentage .206
1.447 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .539
0.6 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 1.1
20.3 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 2.1
110.0 Batter Rating 17.0
8.3 At Bats Per Home Run 33.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.84 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.56
.440 Isolated Power .152
1.00 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.17
.091 Walks Per Plate Appearance .029
.060 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .000
30.0 Runs Produced 2.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
1.0 Patience Ratio 0.4
0.5 Balls In Play Average 0.2
152.5 MLB Rating 70.0
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Kauffman Stadium

Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 21,947 | Capacity:

2026 American League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Tampa Bay - 24 L1 0.60655737 37
New York 1 26 L1 0.5873016 37
Baltimore 8 34 L1 0.47692308 31
Toronto 8 34 W1 0.47692308 31
Boston 10.5 35 W1 0.43548387 27

2026 American League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Cleveland - 29 W1 0.56060606 37
Chicago 2 30 W1 0.53125 34
Minnesota 7 36 L1 0.45454547 30
Detroit 10.5 39 L1 0.4 26
Kansas City 10.5 39 W1 0.4 26
Full Standings