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New York Yankees @ Kansas City Royals

2015-05-16 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 31871 · 78°F, cloudy · Wind 10 mph R to L · 2:52

New York Yankees defeated Kansas City Royals 5–1. New York Yankees opened the scoring in the 3rd — Carlos Beltran out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Lorenzo Cain. Jacoby Ellsbury scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Chase Headley homers (5) on a line drive to left center field. Mark Teixeira scores. Carlos Beltran scores — worth 32% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	5	9
KCA	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6

W: CC Sabathia L: Danny Duffy SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John Tumpane · 1B: Chris Guccione · 2B: James Hoye · 3B: Bill Welke · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jacoby Ellsbury	4	1	0	0	1	1
Chris Young	5	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Rodriguez	4	1	1	1	1	1
Mark Teixeira	3	1	1	0	2	1
Carlos Beltran	3	1	2	1	0	0
Chase Headley	5	1	1	3	0	0
Jose Pirela	3	0	0	0	0	0
Stephen Drew	4	0	2	0	0	0
J. R. Murphy	3	0	1	0	0	0
Brett Gardner	1	0	0	0	0	1
Didi Gregorius	1	0	1	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Alcides Escobar	4	0	1	0	1
Mike Moustakas	3	0	0	1	0
Lorenzo Cain	4	0	1	0	1
Eric Hosmer	4	0	0	0	3
Kendrys Morales	4	0	0	0	1
Alex Gordon	4	0	0	0	0
Salvador Perez	4	0	1	0	0
Omar Infante	3	1	1	0	0
Paulo Orlando	3	0	2	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
CC Sabathia	7.0	6	5
Dellin Betances	1.0	0	1
Andrew Miller	1.0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Danny Duffy	5.0	4	4	3
Joe Blanton	4.0	5	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jacoby Ellsbury: E4/G4S-
Chris Young: SB2
Chris Young: 8/F8LXD+.2-3
Alex Rodriguez: K
Mark Teixeira: W
Carlos Beltran: 1/L15

Bot 1

Alcides Escobar: 53/G5S
Mike Moustakas: 3/G3S-
Lorenzo Cain: S9/L9S
Eric Hosmer: K

Top 2

Chase Headley: 53/G56
Jose Pirela: E1/G15-
Stephen Drew: 5/F6MD
J. R. Murphy: 3/F4S-

Bot 2

Kendrys Morales: 3/G34S
Alex Gordon: 9/F89D
Salvador Perez: 63/G6+

Top 3

Jacoby Ellsbury: W
Chris Young: 7/F7D+
Alex Rodriguez: W.1-2
Mark Teixeira: W.2-3;1-2
Carlos Beltran: 8/SF/F8LXD+.3-H
Chase Headley: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 3

Omar Infante: S8/L8LS
Paulo Orlando: S1.1-2
Alcides Escobar: S8/G6M.2-3;1-2
Mike Moustakas: 9/SF/F89D.3-H;2-3
Lorenzo Cain: K
Eric Hosmer: SB2
Eric Hosmer: K

Top 4

Jose Pirela: 53/G56-
Stephen Drew: S7/F7LS-
J. R. Murphy: 8/F8LD+
Jacoby Ellsbury: K

Bot 4

Kendrys Morales: K
Alex Gordon: 63/G6M
Salvador Perez: D7/G5+
Omar Infante: 8/F8LM

Top 5

Chris Young: K
Alex Rodriguez: 9/F9D
Mark Teixeira: S7/L56+
Carlos Beltran: S7/L7M+.1-2
Chase Headley: HR/F7LD+.2-H;1-H
Jose Pirela: 4/F4D-

Bot 5

Paulo Orlando: S8/L8LM
Alcides Escobar: 54(1)/FO/MREV/G5.B-1
Mike Moustakas: E4/G34.1-2
Lorenzo Cain: 8/F8LD
Eric Hosmer: 4/L4+

Top 6

Stephen Drew: D8/F89XD+
J. R. Murphy: 13/SH/BG23.2-3
Jacoby Ellsbury: 43/G13-
Chris Young: 563/G56+

Bot 6

Kendrys Morales: 8/F78D
Alex Gordon: 9/F89M
Salvador Perez: 53/G5

Top 7

Alex Rodriguez: 13/G15+
Mark Teixeira: 31/G34-
Carlos Beltran: S8/L8RS+
Chase Headley: 343/G3S+

Bot 7

Omar Infante: 13/G15+
Paulo Orlando: 6/L6+
Alcides Escobar: K

Top 8

Brett Gardner: K
Stephen Drew: 5/F6M-
J. R. Murphy: S8/L6D+
Jacoby Ellsbury: 46(1)/FO/G4

Bot 8

Mike Moustakas: 63/G4
Lorenzo Cain: 4/F3D-
Eric Hosmer: K

Top 9

Chris Young: 43/G4MD
Alex Rodriguez: HR/F89XD+
Mark Teixeira: K
Didi Gregorius: D9/L3D+
Chase Headley: 8/L8RM

Bot 9

Kendrys Morales: 31/G34S+
Alex Gordon: 43/G34-
Salvador Perez: 3/G3-

Notes & reviews

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