Yankees hold off Royals 5-4 in 10

The three-run homer broke open a nip-and-tuck game, and backed by a strong pitching performance by Dillon Gee, Kansas City went on to beat NY 8-5 to open their three-game series. Matt Strahm relieved Young, gave up the go-ahead sacrifice fly and worked out of further trouble.

Didi Gregorius led off the 13th with an infield hit and moved to third on Starlin Castro’s double, setting up McCann – who went hitless in his first five at-bats. Volquez is 0-4 with an 8.28 ERA against AL East opponents this year. Then in a development that set the tone for the rest of the night, the Yankees blew a flawless scoring opportunity, as Gary Sanchez struck out, Didi Gregorius hit into a fielder’s choice at the plate, and Starlin Castro grounded out. I’ve guzzled down the Kool-Aid and I’m All In on the belief that the Kansas City Royals will play in the post-season for their third consecutive season.

He also gave up three runs in the first inning and two more in the seventh. They would add another on an RBI double by Alcides Escobar in the second and complete their scoring on Eric Hosmer’s solo shot down the left field line in the third. The former Yankee could not hold the 4-0 lead he was given, allowing three runs in the sixth – Castro’s two-run homer made it 4-3 – and one in the seventh on and Ellsbury sacrifice fly. He allowed two hits and one run before Tommy Layne and Tyler Clippard got out of the jam with a one-run lead intact.

The Yankees had two singles in the fifth, but Kennedy retired Aaron Hicks and Gardner to preserve his shutout. Scott Alexander followed with 1.1 innings, giving up one hit and the game-tying sacrifice fly.

METS 5, MARLINS 2 Kelly Johnson’s three-run double in the eighth inning broke a tie and lifted NY to a victory over visiting Miami.

Colon, who had not been playing a lot lately with Raul Mondesi and Cheslor Cuthbert getting most of the starts at second and third base, respectively, is batting.228 with 10 RBIs in 47 games this season.

In the 11th, Salvador Perez walked and pinch-runner Billy Burns stole his way to third.

Brett Gardner’s one-out single to right pushed Headley to third, where third base coach Joe Espada put up a stop sign – only to see Paulo Orlando’s throw sail past the catcher. “We’ve struggled when our starters haven’t been through six [innings], or we’re down a run going into the seventh”.

Yankees: Hicks left the game after grounding out in the ninth, limping his way to the dugout with a right hamstring strain. Royals OF Lorenzo Cain was not in the lineup because a tender wrist. Wang tossed two scoreless innings in the game and did not appear to have any pain.

“What these guys did they fought to the bitter end”, Royals manager Ned Yost said. “It’s not a thing that’s going to heal within a week. -PESPT0015632-topic.html” class=”local_link” >Eric Young Jr. from the Milwaukee Brewers for cash considerations Wednesday, capping a busy day for NY general manager Brian Cashman.

The Yankees sent OF Ben Gamel, the MVP of the International League, to Seattle for minor league RHPs Jio Orozco and Juan De Paula on Wednesday. Young, 31, has stolen 144 bases in 179 attempts, an 80.4 percent success rate, in 557 big league games. “It’s unfortunate”, Girardi said of his ejection. “It’s been a frustrating year for me and I just want to finish strong”. “One guy has hit 95 (mph), the other guy has hit 96”.