The Yankees put up 10 runs, with Austin Wells providing half of them, on 16 hits as New York defeated the Royals, 10-2, in Kansas City on Tuesday night.
Here are the takeaways…
–Aaron Judge has done plenty of things not seen by baseball fans and he did so again. Ahead in the count 2-0 in the first inning, Judge took a Noah Cameron fastball over the middle of the plate and launched it 469 feet (117.9 mph exit velocity) for his 24th home run of the season. The ball landing was not caught on camera and seemingly reached the Royals Hall of Fame in deep left field.
Judge’s smash wasn’t the only one on Tuesday, as Austin Wells took Cameron deep in the fourth after fighting back from a 2-2 count. On the ninth pitch of the at-bat, Wells launched a changeup 381 feet over the right field wall to put the Yanks up 5-1.
-The Yankees would pour it on with a five-run sixth inning. Wells got the scoring started with a two-run double. Trent Grisham, Judge and Cody Bellinger followed with RBI singles.
–Max Fried pitched into an early jam in this one. In the second inning, he had runners at the corners with one out — thanks to a botched double play attempt by DJ LeMahieu — when rookie Jac Caglianone came to the plate as the Kauffman Stadium crowd rose to their feet for the top prospect. However, the slugging rookie grounded out, but it did drive in the Royals’ first run.
After that, Fried would settle in, retiring 11 straight Royals before a two-out single in the fifth. The long wait in the dugout in the sixth inning probably got Fried off his game, as Jonathan India led off with a solo shot and the southpaw allowed two more singles before he got the final out of the frame.
Fried threw 91 pitches (61 strikes) in seven innings while allowing two runs on six hits, no walks and striking out four. Although his outing was strong, Fried’s season ERA actually increased to 1.84.
–Yerry De los Santos got the next five outs but allowed the Royals to load the bases with two outs in the ninth. Aaron Boone made a pitching change, and Tim Hill got Tyler Tolbert to fly out to end the game.
-The Yankees picked up 16 hits on Tuesday, with every starter picking up at least one knock. Judge went 2-for-5 and his average is at .396, while Wells and Grisham went 2-for-4. LeMahieu went 2-for-3 with two walks and made a nice sliding catch in shallow right field.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. went 1-for-4 with a run scored and was replaced in the later innings by Oswald Peraza. The Yankees announced that Chisholm left the game with “neck tightness.” He was hit in the helmet by a throw when he stole third base earlier, but remained in the game.
Game MVP: Austin Wells
Wells, his first game batting in the nine-hole, drove in five of the team’s 10 runs
Highilights
AARON JUDGE DEMOLISHES ONE TO LEFT FIELD IN KANSAS CITY
469 FEET! pic.twitter.com/803b2lwJ5z
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Austin Wells works a 9-pitch at-bat and blasts a 3-run homer! pic.twitter.com/RBKZjI8I9s
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Austin Wells drives in two more! pic.twitter.com/jNh7aAApBw
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Trent Grisham makes it 8-1! pic.twitter.com/jq0cbpWa2w
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Aaron Judge with his 58th RBI of the season! pic.twitter.com/tT1VGy0IjQ
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Cody Bellinger’s 1000th career hit makes it a 10-1 game! pic.twitter.com/Bo3TfS9nei
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What’s next
The Yankees and Royals continue their three-game set on Wednesday night. First pitch is set for 7:40 p.m.
Clarke Schmidt (2-3, 4.04 ERA) takes the mound while young LHP Kris Bubic (5-3, 1.43 ERA) will be on the bump for Kansas City.
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