Cody Bellinger, Amed Rosario, Anthony Volpe, Trent Grisham and Jazz Chisholm Jr. combined to hit six home runs, while Cam Schlittler allowed one run over six strong innings, as the visiting New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals for a 13th straight time, including playoffs, 15-1 on Tuesday night.
That offensive quintet also combined for 12 RBIs, while Rosario had four hits, four RBIs and went deep twice. Grisham, Volpe, Ben Rice and Austin Wells each had three of the Yankees’ 24 hits. That was more than enough offense for Schlittler (7-2), who yielded only Bobby Witt Jr.’s third-inning homer to lower his ERA to 1.50. Schlittler allowed a total of four hits while striking out six without a walk.
It’s the first time in Yankees’ history that all nine starters had at least two hits.
Winners of three straight, New York has not lost to Kansas City since Game 2 of the 2024 AL Division Series.
Royals opener Bailey Falter (0-2) got the first two Yankees hitters out on two pitches. Then Bellinger sent the fourth pitch of the game over the right-field fence.
Paul Goldschmidt then doubled and scored on a single by Rice that was originally called a catch by Royals right fielder Jac Caglianone, but overturned via a Yankees’ challenge. Rosario capped the four-run first with a two-run drive into the left field stands.
The Yankees added a run in the second, when Volpe barely cleared the left-center field wall. They made it 9-0 with four more runs in the third, two charged to Falter, who exited with one out in the inning, via an RBI single to left by Volpe, a run-scoring groundout from Grisham and Bellinger’s single that plated a pair.
All seven runs allowed were earned from Falter, who also yielded nine hits in 2 1/3 innings.
Schlittler, meanwhile, was cruising until Witt went the opposite direction, clearing the right-field fence with two outs, for the Royals, who have lost 14 of 19.
Aaron Judge got in on the fun in the fifth with an RBI double. Grisham’s solo shot came in the seventh against Steven Cruz. Chisholm became the last Yankees starter with a hit when he went deep during a two-run eighth, and Rosario clubbed a two-run homer off position-player Tyler Tolbert in the ninth.
–Field Level Media
