Lorenzo Cain, who hit three homers Tuesday, laced a two-run single in the sixth and Kendrys Morales added a solo homer in the seventh. Carlos Beltran retreated to the wall, jumped and made the catch.
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It was only the second inning.
Yankee Stadium has been especially user-friendly for him.
There are plenty of arms the Yankees wouldn’t mind moving, but Eovaldi and Pineda would probably command the most in return outside of Masahiro Tanaka.
After suffering a crushing loss on Wednesday night, the Yankees needed to get back on track.
In winning three of four from Kansas City, the Yankees are now 6-2 on this 11-game homestand. They’ve spent the past six without Mike Moustakas, who has a team-high seven long balls. Before this stretch, the Yankees had won just four of 18 and seemed to be circling the drain.
“We have guys up and down the lineup who hit the ball out of the ballpark”, Girardi said.
The Royals pulled to within a game of being.500 on the season and it finally seemed like a game the Royals won a lot of past year…kind of.
“When I’m able to locate (my fastball) inside and outside and do that, I feel like I’m able to get a lot more quicker outs”, the right-hander said. His four RBI in the past three games have tripled his season total. He’s pulled some balls hard. “I’ve got to do a better job of getting those pitches down and getting them to swing and miss”. I think he’s making progress. Brian McCann hit an RBI grounder, but Beltran and Ackley grounded out. “I applaud him for the way he’s went about his business”.
Kennedy (4-3) lost in his first game back in the Bronx since the Yankees traded him after the 2009 season.
“He’s hopeful that he’ll be a player for us tomorrow”, Girardi said. He did some light running at the same time as injured DH Alex Rodriguez before the Yankees’ game against the Royals. “Talked to (hitting coach Alan Cockrell) today, and he’s encouraged with where he’s going vs. where he was”.
But Ventura came through when it counted, spending much of the night evading trouble with runners on base. The former Yankee inherited 2-runners (On 2nd and 1st).
Rookie Ben Gamel stranded a runner on third in the fourth, and the Yankees got just one run in the fifth after Castro’s double put runners at second and third with no outs.
BOSTON (AP) – David Price struck out 12, Mookie Betts had a three-run homer and Xander Bogaerts had a two-run shot to help the Boston Red Sox beat the Houston Astros for their season-high fifth straight win.
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Royals: RHP Chris Young (strained forearm) and RHP Kris Medlen (rotator cuff inflammation) were put on the 15-day disabled list. Eovaldi recorded the win in his lone career start against the Royals on May 25, 2015, when he allowed one run over seven innings in the Yankees’ 14-1 victory. Kirby Yates threw a ideal 6th inning followed by Dellin Betances in the 7th and Andrew Miller in the 8th, With the 2 runs in the bottom of the 7th it was no longer a save situation so the Yankees brought it Chasen Shreve to finish the game off.
