Kansas City Royals at New York Yankees

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Kansas City Royals

8-10, 2-6 Away

Final
2 - 4

New York Yankees

10-7, 7-4 Home

Domínguez's clutch 3-run double sends Fried and Yankees to 4-2 win over Royals

Max Fried (3-0) struck out seven in 6 2/3 innings and the Yankees erased a 2-0 deficit with a four-run sixth aided by three straight two-out walks. New York will go for a three-game sweep Wednesday in a rematch of an AL Division Series won by the Yankees over the Royals in four games last October.

MJ Melendez homered and Bobby Witt Jr. hit an RBI double off the right-center fence in the third for the Royals, who lost for the fourth time in five games and fell to 2-6 on the road. They have dropped 19 of their past 20 completed series against the Yankees since May 2015, including the playoffs.

Luke Weaver retired Maikel Garcia with two runners on to end the seventh and set down all four batters he faced. Devin Williams worked a perfect ninth for his third save.

Michael Wacha (0-3) was working on a four-hit shutout when he walked Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Anthony Volpe to load the bases in the sixth. Angel Zerpa entered and, struggling to hear his PitchCom device, walked Austin Wells on four pitches to force in a run.

Domínguez, who singled twice batting left-handed against Wacha, then lined a 1-2 fastball down the left-field line hitting right-handed against Zerpa and knocked his own helmet off his head with his follow through.

Key moment Defensive replacement Trent Grisham made a fine running catch in deep center field with a runner aboard to help thwart a potential Royals rally in the seventh.

Key stat Melendez was batting .077 with one extra-base hit this season when he homered into the New York bullpen leading off the third to snap an 0-for-18 skid.

Up next Royals LHP Kris Bubic (2-1, 0.96 ERA) starts the series finale Wednesday night against RHP Clarke Schmidt, scheduled to make his season debut after recovering from rotator cuff tendinitis.

Schmidt was 5-5 with a 2.85 ERA in 16 starts last season, and the Yankees hope his return can boost a scuffling rotation minus ace Gerrit Cole and 2024 AL Rookie of the Year Luis Gil due to long-term injuries.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Melendez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Renfroe grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Massey flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Williams relieved Weaver
	8th Inning	Rice struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Grisham to second on a balk, Volpe to third on a balk.

Statistics

KC		NYY
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	8
9	Strikeouts	9
2	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	1
2	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
121	Pitches	139
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	1
10	Total Bases	7
34	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	1
1.9	Runs Created	3.1
.156	Batting Average	.200
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.313	Slugging Percentage	.233
.219	Secondary Average	.267
.206	On Base Percentage	.333
.518	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.567
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
1.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.5
20.0	Batter Rating	25.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.56	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.76
.156	Isolated Power	.033
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.67
.059	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.162
.063	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.067
4.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
69.5	MLB Rating	73.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0