Yankees @ Royals - Sun, Oct 01

Game Status: In Progress - Score: 5-2 Royals

Top of the 8th, 2 outs, runner on second, 1-2 count with James McArthur pitching and Isiah Kiner-Falefa batting. Oswaldo Cabrera is on deck, and Oswald Peraza is in the hole.

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• Current conditions at Kauffman Stadium: 90°F - Sunny - Wind 5 mph, R To L
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• Radio: Yankees: WADO 1280 (es), WFAN 660/101.9 FM, Royals: TICO-ES (es), KCSP 610
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	Yankees Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	LeMahieu - 1B	3	1	1	0	1	0	2	.243	.327	.390
2	Volpe - SS	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	.209	.283	.383
3	Wells, A - C	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	.229	.257	.486
4	Higashioka - DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	6	.236	.274	.413
5	Kiner-Falefa - 3B	3	0	1	2	0	0	3	.243	.306	.342
6	Cabrera, O - RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.212	.276	.300
7	Peraza, O - 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.268	.273
8	Pereira - LF	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.152	.235	.196
9	Florial - CF	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	.230	.324	.311
	Totals	28	2	7	2	3	4	15

Yankees
BATTING: 2B: Higashioka (13, Greinke); Wells, A 2 (6, Clarke, McArthur). TB: Higashioka 2; Kiner-Falefa; LeMahieu; Volpe; Wells, A 5. RBI: Kiner-Falefa 2 (37). 2-out RBI: Kiner-Falefa 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Kiner-Falefa 2; Cabrera, O. GIDP: Higashioka; LeMahieu. Team RISP: 2-for-8. Team LOB: 5.
FIELDING: E: Brito (1, pickoff). Pickoffs: King (Witt Jr. at 1st base).

	Royals Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	Garcia, M - 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.272	.323	.358
2	Witt Jr. - SS	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.276	.319	.495
3	Perez, S - C	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	.255	.292	.422
4	Melendez - RF	4	1	2	1	0	1	0	.235	.316	.398
5	Olivares - LF	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	.263	.318	.453
6	Massey - 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.229	.272	.381
7	Blanco - CF	3	2	3	1	0	0	0	.258	.324	.452
8	Pratto - 1B	3	0	2	1	0	1	1	.233	.308	.354
9	Duffy - DH	3	0	1	0	0	1	2	.251	.306	.325
	Totals	30	5	11	5	0	7	8

Royals
BATTING: 3B: Witt Jr. (11, Brito). HR: Melendez (16, 2nd inning off King, 0 on, 0 out); Olivares (12, 4th inning off King, 0 on, 1 out); Blanco (3, 4th inning off King, 0 on, 2 out). TB: Blanco 6; Duffy; Melendez 5; Olivares 4; Pratto 2; Witt Jr. 4. RBI: Blanco (18); Melendez (56); Olivares (36); Perez, S (80); Pratto (35). 2-out RBI: Pratto; Blanco. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Garcia, M 2. SF: Perez, S. Team RISP: 1-for-4. Team LOB: 5.
FIELDING: DP: 2 (Garcia, M-Perez, S-Pratto; Massey-Witt Jr.-Pratto).

Yankees Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
King	4.0	8	4	4	0	1	3	71-50	2.75
Brito	3.0	3	1	1	0	6	0	47-35	4.28
Totals	7.0	11	5	5	0	7	3

Royals Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Greinke	5.0	4	1	1	2	2	0	70-43	5.06
Clarke	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	20-12	5.95
Hernández, C	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	14-7	5.27
McArthur	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	14-9	4.91
Totals	7.2	7	2	2	3	4	0

Inning	Scoring Play	Score
Bottom 2	MJ Melendez homers (16) on a fly ball to left center field.	1-0 KC
Bottom 2	Nick Pratto singles on a ground ball to right fielder Oswaldo Cabrera. Dairon Blanco scores.	2-0 KC
Bottom 4	Edward Olivares homers (12) on a fly ball to left center field.	3-0 KC
Bottom 4	Dairon Blanco homers (3) on a fly ball to left center field.	4-0 KC
Bottom 5	Salvador Perez out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Oswaldo Cabrera. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.	5-0 KC
Top 6	Isiah Kiner-Falefa singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Edward Olivares. DJ LeMahieu scores. Austin Wells scores.	5-2 KC

Team	Highlight
KC	MJ Melendez’s solo homer (16) (00:00:28)
KC	Nick Pratto’s RBI single (00:00:37)
KC	Zack Greinke K’s Volpe (00:00:07)
KC	Edward Olivares’ solo homer (12) (00:00:27)
NYY	Yankees nab Witt Jr. at 1st (00:00:57)
KC	Dairon Blanco’s solo homer (3) (00:00:22)
KC	Salvador Perez’s sac fly (00:00:22)
KC	Greinke’s final batter of 2023 (00:00:43)
NYY	Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s 2-run single (00:00:18)
KC	Zach Greinke’s final 2023 start (00:02:55)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E	LOB
Yankees	0	0	0	0	0	2	0				2	7	1	5
Royals	0	2	0	2	1	0	0				5	11	0	5

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Last Updated: 10/01/2023 05:21:23 PM EDT