Kansas City Royals at New York Yankees

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Kansas City Royals

7-13, 2-8 Away

Final
2 - 4

New York Yankees

11-9, 6-5 Home

McMahon comes off bench and busts out of slump with big homer for Yankees in 4-2 win over Royals

Ben Rice also hit a two-run homer and the Yankees got another strong start from Cam Schlittler in winning their ninth consecutive game against Kansas City, including a playoff series two years ago.

New York is 15-3 versus the Royals since the start of 2024.

Vinnie Pasquantino launched a tying homer in the top of the eighth and drove in both runs for the Royals (7-13), who have dropped five straight and eight of 10. The first four losses during their skid were all by one run.

Michael Wacha tossed six solid innings for Kansas City in a matchup between two of baseball's most dominant pitchers early this year.

With the score tied 2-all, Rice singled off reliever Alex Lange (0-1) with two outs in the eighth. McMahon, who entered on defense at third base in the top of the inning, lofted a 2-1 changeup 372 feet the other way to left field, and the ball appeared to get a push from the wind as it cleared the fence.

It was the first extra-base hit this season for McMahon, who began the night batting .119 (5 for 42) with two RBI. Even against a right-handed starter, he was left out of the starting lineup by manager Aaron Boone in favor of right-handed-hitter Amed Rosario.

David Bednar struck out two in a hitless ninth for his sixth save.

Pasquantino homered to the short porch in right field on a 97 mph sinker from winner Camilo Doval (1-0) with two outs in the eighth. The solo shot was Pasquantino's second homer this season — both in the past two days.

Cody Bellinger singled leading off the fourth and, one out later, Rice reached down and lined a 1-1 pitch 364 feet into the right-field stands.

Hitters had been 0 for 19 this season against Wacha's changeup before Rice connected for his sixth homer.

Up next Royals LHP Noah Cameron (1-0, 3.94 ERA) faces RHP Will Warren (1-0, 2.45) in the middle game of the series Saturday afternoon.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	India struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Caglianone struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Thomas lined out to second.
	9th Inning	Jensen walked.
	9th Inning	Bednar relieved Doval
	8th Inning	Chisholm Jr. struck out swinging.

Statistics

KC		NYY
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	6
10	Strikeouts	8
2	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	2
3	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	29
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
13	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
137	Pitches	142
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	12
35	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
1.0	Runs Created	4.2
.125	Batting Average	.172
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.219	Slugging Percentage	.414
.188	Secondary Average	.483
.200	On Base Percentage	.294
.419	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.708
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
1.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.8
15.0	Batter Rating	31.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	14.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.91	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.18
.094	Isolated Power	.241
0.30	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.63
.086	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.147
.063	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.310
4.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.2
65.3	MLB Rating	77.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0