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Gerrit Cole tosses playoff gem, shutting down Royals and sending Yankees back to ALCS with 3-1 win

— Gerrit Cole pitched like a postseason ace Thursday night, holding the Kansas City Royals to a single run over seven innings and sending the New York Yankees to a 3-1 victory that put them back in the American...

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Last five matches

DateOppResultCompetition
10/7/26 vs Tampa Bay Rays L 3-4 MLB
10/5/26 @ Tampa Bay Rays L 2-5 MLB
10/3/26 @ Tampa Bay Rays L 0-1 MLB
9/30/26 vs Boston Red Sox W 9-2 MLB
9/29/26 vs Boston Red Sox W 9-0 MLB
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Head to Head

NYY win series 3-1

NYY Last 5 matchups KC
  1. 3 Final 2024-10-11 @ KC 1
  2. 3 Final 2024-10-09 @ KC 2
  3. 2 Final 2024-10-07 @ NYY 4
  4. 6 Final 2024-10-05 @ NYY 5

Injuries

Kansas City Royals

  • Mitch Spence Out
  • Nick Mears Out
  • Ryan Bergert Out
  • Cole Ragans Out
  • Luinder Avila Out

New York Yankees

  • Kervin Castro Out
  • Fernando Cruz Out

Lineups

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KC

  1. Michael Massey2B19
  2. Bobby Witt Jr.SS7
  3. Vinnie PasquantinoDH9
  4. Salvador PerezC13
  5. Yuli Gurriel1B10
  6. MJ MelendezLF1
  7. Tommy PhamRF28
  8. Kyle IsbelCF28
  9. Maikel Garcia3B11

NYY

  1. Gleyber Torres2B25
  2. Juan SotoRF22
  3. Aaron JudgeCF99
  4. Austin WellsC28
  5. Giancarlo StantonDH27
  6. Jazz Chisholm Jr.3B13
  7. Anthony VolpeSS11
  8. Alex VerdugoLF27
  9. Jon Berti1B5

Substitutes

  1. Duke EllisDH70

MLB News

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News New York Mets re-sign pitcher Robert Stock, 36, to one-year contract The New York Mets re-signed pitcher Robert Stock, a 36-year-old veteran right-hander who earned his first major league win since 2019 in August, to a one-year contract Friday. News D-backs' Corbin Carroll has elbow surgery, should be ready for spring training Corbin Carroll had surgery on his right elbow this week and is expected to be ready for the start of spring training in February, the Diamondbacks said. News David Purdum Witness: Clase 'inside' pitch info dried up amid Mizuhara case fallout A witness said that the inside info he used to bet on Clase pitches dried up due to increased scrutiny from the scandal involving Shohei Ohtani's interpreter. News Jorge Castillo Sources: Mariners to hire Yankees' Tanner Swanson as bench coach Yankees catching coach and field coordinator Tanner Swanson is joining the Mariners' staff as bench coach, a source confirmed to ESPN on Friday.