Kansas City Royals at New York Yankees

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Kansas City Royals

8-11, 2-7 Away

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3 - 4

New York Yankees

11-7, 8-4 Home

Judge hits go-ahead homer to end 10-game drought as Yankees edge Royals 4-3 for 3-game sweep

Bellinger makes a diving grab to seal Yanks' win

With a runner at second base in the ninth, Cody Bellinger made a diving catch in right field on MJ Melendez’s sinking liner to preserve Fernando Cruz’s first career save.

Judge went deep for the first time since April 4 in Pittsburgh when he lifted a 1-0 sinker from John Schreiber (1-1) into the New York bullpen beyond the right-center fence.

Judge had three hits for the third time this season. He reached base four times and his batting average climbed 27 points to a major league-best .409.

Yankees starter Clarke Schmidt had some dominant moments and pitched 5 2/3 innings of three-run ball in his season debut. After recovering from rotator cuff tendinitis, the right-hander permitted four hits and threw 73 pitches.

Anthony Volpe hit a two-run double in the third and Bellinger had an RBI double in the fourth to give the Yankees a 3-1 lead.

Schmidt retired 11 straight before Drew Waters opened the fifth with a single and scored on Kyle Isbel's triple. Isbel scored the tying run on a groundout by Jonathan India.

Salvador Perez hit an RBI single four batters in before Schmidt settled down.

Kansas City starter Kris Bubic allowed three runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Mark Leiter Jr. (2-1) got four outs after Schmidt was lifted, and Cruz pitched two scoreless innings.

Key moment After the Royals tied the game, Bobby Witt Jr. swung at the first pitch and flied out to end the fifth.

Key stat Judge entered hitting .382 (13 for 34) over his previous 10 games.

Up next Royals: RHP Michael Lorenzen (1-2, 3.71 ERA) opposes Tigers RHP Reese Olson (1-1, 6.00) in the opener of a four-game series Thursday at Detroit.

Yankees: RHP Will Warren (1-0, 5.14 ERA), who earned his first career win Saturday, faces Rays RHP Taj Bradley (2-0, 3.71) in the opener of a four-game series at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida, on Thursday.

This story makes a correction to show Judge was hitting .382 over his previous 10 games, not 11 games.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Melendez lined out to right.
	9th Inning	Garcia to second on wild pitch by Cruz.
	9th Inning	Garcia walked.
	9th Inning	Perez grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Biggio out at second.
	9th Inning	Biggio ran for Pasquantino
	9th Inning	Pasquantino singled to right.

Statistics

KC		NYY
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
10	Ground Balls	8
6	Strikeouts	9
3	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
7	Runners Left On Base	16
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
0	Doubles	3
14	Fly Balls	14
1	Caught Stealing	0
115	Pitches	126
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
7	Total Bases	14
33	Plate Appearances	36
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	4
0.9	Runs Created	5.0
.167	Batting Average	.258
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.233	Slugging Percentage	.452
.133	Secondary Average	.323
.242	On Base Percentage	.361
.476	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.813
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
0.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.6
19.5	Batter Rating	33.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.48	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.50
.067	Isolated Power	.194
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.44
.091	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.111
-.033	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.065
6.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
69.8	MLB Rating	82.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0