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Kansas City Royals @ New York Yankees

2016-05-09 · Night game · Yankee Stadium II · Att: 41243 · 69°F, cloudy · Wind 8 mph R to L · 2:41

New York Yankees defeated Kansas City Royals 6–3. New York Yankees opened the scoring in the 1st — Brian McCann homers (4) on a fly ball to right center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 2nd: Carlos Beltran homers (5) on a fly ball to right field — worth 11% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	10
NYA	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		6	9

W: Kirby Yates L: Chris Young SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ted Barrett · 1B: Angel Hernandez · 2B: Sean Barber · 3B: Will Little · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alcides Escobar	5	0	1	1	0	1
Lorenzo Cain	5	0	1	0	0	1
Eric Hosmer	3	1	1	1	1	0
Kendrys Morales	4	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Gordon	3	1	2	1	1	0
Salvador Perez	4	0	1	0	0	2
Omar Infante	4	0	2	0	0	1
Cheslor Cuthbert	4	0	1	0	0	2
Jarrod Dyson	3	0	0	0	0	0
Paulo Orlando	1	1	1	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brett Gardner	4	1	1	1	0	0
Aaron Hicks	3	1	1	2	0	0
Brian McCann	4	1	1	1	0	2
Mark Teixeira	4	0	0	0	0	3
Carlos Beltran	4	2	2	2	0	0
Dustin Ackley	3	0	1	0	0	0
Didi Gregorius	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chase Headley	2	1	1	0	1	0
Ronald Torreyes	3	0	1	0	0	0
Ben Gamel	1	0	1	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chris Young	2.2	6	0	2
Dillon Gee	5.1	3	1	3

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ivan Nova	4.2	6	1	3
Phil Coke	0.2	0	1	0
Kirby Yates	1.2	1	0	2
Chasen Shreve	1.0	1	0	1
Aroldis Chapman	1.0	2	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Alcides Escobar: 53/G56S
Lorenzo Cain: S7
Eric Hosmer: 6(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 1

Brett Gardner: 7/F7M
Aaron Hicks: 5/F6S-
Brian McCann: HR/F89XD+
Mark Teixeira: K

Top 2

Kendrys Morales: 7/F7D+
Alex Gordon: HR/F8RXD+
Salvador Perez: S7/G56+
Omar Infante: S8/G6M.1-2
Cheslor Cuthbert: 9/L8RM
Jarrod Dyson: 5/F56S-

Bot 2

Carlos Beltran: HR/F9D+
Dustin Ackley: S9/L9S
Didi Gregorius: 9/L9M+
Chase Headley: 5/F6-
Ronald Torreyes: 46(1)/FO/G4

Top 3

Alcides Escobar: K
Lorenzo Cain: 53/G56S-
Eric Hosmer: W
Kendrys Morales: K

Bot 3

Brett Gardner: HR/F89XD+
Aaron Hicks: HR/F9D+
Brian McCann: 43/G34
Mark Teixeira: K
Carlos Beltran: HR/F89XD+
Dustin Ackley: 13/G15-

Top 4

Alex Gordon: S9/L4D
Salvador Perez: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Omar Infante: 53/G56

Bot 4

Didi Gregorius: 9/L89M
Chase Headley: W
Ronald Torreyes: 54(1)/FO/G56
Brett Gardner: 13/G-

Top 5

Cheslor Cuthbert: S1/G15-
Jarrod Dyson: 16(1)/FO/G15-
Alcides Escobar: SB2
Alcides Escobar: 3E1/G4S.2-3
Lorenzo Cain: K
Eric Hosmer: 7/F7LD

Bot 5

Aaron Hicks: 43/G4
Brian McCann: K
Mark Teixeira: 43/MREV/G34

Top 6

Kendrys Morales: 9/F89S
Alex Gordon: W
Salvador Perez: K
Omar Infante: S7/L78S-.1-2
Cheslor Cuthbert: K

Bot 6

Carlos Beltran: 7/F78D
Dustin Ackley: 7/L7D+
Didi Gregorius: 63/G6+

Top 7

Jarrod Dyson: 63/G6
Alcides Escobar: 13/G13-
Lorenzo Cain: 63/G56+

Bot 7

Chase Headley: S6/G6
Ronald Torreyes: S7.1-2
Brett Gardner: 43/G34.2-3;1-2
Aaron Hicks: 9/SF/F89D+.3-H;2-3
Brian McCann: K

Top 8

Eric Hosmer: HR/F89D+
Kendrys Morales: 63/G6+
Alex Gordon: 3/G34
Salvador Perez: K

Bot 8

Mark Teixeira: K
Carlos Beltran: 43/G34
Ben Gamel: S67/G6
Didi Gregorius: 6/F6M-

Top 9

Omar Infante: K
Cheslor Cuthbert: K
Paulo Orlando: D8/F8LXD+
Alcides Escobar: S7/G6+.2-H
Lorenzo Cain: DI.1-2
Lorenzo Cain: 13/G15-

Notes & reviews

replay,5,teixm001,NYA,barrt901,NYC21,,Y,M,KCA,C $when Mark Teixeira was called safe at 1B, Royals manager Ned Yost challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay

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