Kansas City Royals at New York Yankees

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Kansas City Royals

7-15, 2-10 Away

Final
0 - 7

New York Yankees

13-9, 8-5 Home

Judge and Rice hit early homers off Ragans as Yankees beat skidding Royals 7-0 for 3-game sweep

Ryan Weathers (1-2) bounced back from allowing Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday and permitted five hits in 7 1/3 innings for his first win with the Yankees. The left-hander struck out eight and walked one.

Trent Grisham added a three-run homer in the fifth for the Yankees, who went deep nine times in the series and won the final two games by a combined 20-4 margin after their previous five victories were decided in the final at-bat.

After the start was pushed back 2 hours, 45 minutes, Judge gave New York a 2-0 lead against Cole Ragans (0-4) by belting a first-pitch curveball onto the netting above Monument Park in center field. Judge’s 425-foot drive was his sixth homer in eight games and fifth in the first inning this season.

Rice batted leadoff for the first time this year and gave the Yankees a 4-0 lead by sending a fastball into the right-field seats for a solo shot. It was his eighth homer, one behind Judge for the team lead, and his third off a left-handed pitcher this season.

Judge and Rice became the third set of Yankees teammates with at least eight homers each through the first 22 games of a season. Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra did it in 1956 before Judge and Anthony Rizzo also achieved the feat in 2022.

Ragans tied a career high by allowing seven runs in 4 1/3 innings. The left-hander also issued a career-high eight walks and allowed four hits.

Kansas City lost its seventh straight and for the 10th time in 12 games. The Royals also lost their 11th consecutive game to the Yankees since Game 2 of their 2024 AL Division Series.

Salvador Perez was back in Kansas City’s lineup after getting a rare day off Saturday and went 0 for 4.

Up next Royals: RHP Seth Lugo (1-1, 1.48 ERA) opposes RHP Kyle Bradish (1-2, 5.49) in the opener of a three-game series against the visiting Orioles on Monday.

Yankees: RHP Luis Gil (0-1, 7.00 ERA) opens a three-game series at rival Boston on Tuesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Collins struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Marte to third on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Marte to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Marte hit by pitch.
	9th Inning	Thomas grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Perez popped out to shortstop.

Statistics

KC		NYY
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
9	Strikeouts	9
0	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	10
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	7
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
31	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
129	Pitches	155
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
8	Total Bases	17
34	Plate Appearances	41
0.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
2	Extra Base Hits	4
1.8	Runs Created	7.8
.194	Batting Average	.233
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.258	Slugging Percentage	.567
.129	Secondary Average	.667
.265	On Base Percentage	.415
.523	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.981
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
1.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.7
10.0	Batter Rating	46.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	10.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.79	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.78
.065	Isolated Power	.333
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.11
.059	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.244
-.065	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.433
0.0	Runs Produced	14.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
65.3	MLB Rating	91.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0