Yankees Seek Sweep Against Royals
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It's Thursday, June 12 and the Yankees (41-25) are in Kansas City to take on the Royals (34-34). Will Warren is slated to take the mound for New York against Seth Lugo for Kansas City. New York goes for the sweep today after winning the first two of the series against Kansas City,
The error proved costly. The Yankees held on for a 1-0 victory and swept the Royals at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals have now lost eight consecutive games to New York since their ALDS matchup last October.
Judge announced his presence with two homers at Kauffman Stadium. He blasted a 469 foot home run that landed atop the scoreboard in left field. And the Yankees outscored the Royals 17-5 in the series. New York has won eight consecutive matchups against the Royals after Thursday’s 1-0 victory.
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Aaron Judge homered for the third consecutive game, helping the Yankees to a 6-3 win over the Royals on Wednesday night.
The New York Yankees pulled off a narrow 1–0 win on Thursday on the road against the Kansas City Royals. Pitchers on both sides were effective at limiting damage, and the lone run of the game came late, after a rain delay and in absolutely bonkers fashion.
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The New York Yankees chase a three-game sweep as they take the field Thursday night in Kansas City for their series finale with the Royals.
KANSAS CITY — With Aaron Judge resting for the first time this season, the Yankees’ season finale against the Royals on Thursday night was moving along quickly with no one scoring through five innings. Then it started raining while the Yankees mounted a sixth-inning rally and the game was stopped at 7:59 p.m., Central time.
As the Royals prepared to welcome the Yankees to town this week, they felt like their rotation was in a good spot with who they had lined up to start and how the six-man rotation was shaping up as a whole.
Pablo Reyes got the start on Thursday and provided the Yankees' only run in their 1-0 win against the Royals to finish off a three-game sweep.