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Jasson Dominguez notched a go-ahead three-run double in the sixth inning in a 3-for-3 performance and Max Fried delivered a quality start as the Yankees took down the Kansas City Royals, 4-2, on Tuesday night in The Bronx.
New York improved to 10-7 on the year. Kansas City fell to 8-9.
- Fried needed just 11 pitches in the first and 16 in the second for a perfect start, tallying two strikeouts on the four-seam fastball in the process.
The second pitch of the third innings was a bad one for the lefty as MJ Melendez clobbered a 94 mph four-seamer to the Yankee bullpen in center (107.2 mph, 429 feet). With two down, a slow dribbler to third wasn't barehanded by Oswald Peraza, and that infield hit came around to score when Bobby Witt Jr. smacked a first-pitch fastball off the wall in right center for a double.
Fried’s first-pitch curveball to start the fourth went right into the leftfield gap for a double off Salvador Pèrez’s bat, but three balls on the infield stranded the runner. The first-year Yank allowed the leadoff man to reach for the third-straight inning with an infield single to first in the fifth. But Fried escaped without further damage, adding his fifth strikeout of the night in the process.
A leadoff walk and two-out walk in the seventh ended Fried's night. Luke Weaver needed just two pitches to end the threat. Fried's final line: 6.2 innings, five hits, two runs, two walks, seven strikeouts on 94 pitches (60 strikes).
- Two runners reached against Michael Wacha in the first, but he cruised to five scoreless innings, needing just 58 pitches. The wheels came off in the sixth. After a leadoff infield single, Wacha got the next two batters before back-to-back walks saw the Royals summon Angel Zerpa, but the lefty promptly walked Austin Wells on four pitches to score a run.
That brought Dominguez to the plate, and the young left fielder got a 96 mph fastball on the inside corner and didn’t miss it, yanking the 1-2 pitch over the third baseman for a bases clearing double to give the Yanks a 4-2 lead.
It was Dominguez’s third hit in three at-bats after he stayed on a breaking ball for a first-pitch single through the right side in the second and laced a single (106.4 mph) to the right of second base in the fifth.
He exited the game for the top of the seventh – manager Aaron Boone said after the game Dominguez "lost his contacts" when he was running the bases – and Trent Grisham came in to play defense. And it didn’t take long for Grisham’s defense to pay dividends as he tracked down a hard-hit ball for the first out in the inning, robbing Melendez of extra bases.
- Weaver needed just nine pitches for a 1-2-3 eighth inning with a strikeout. Devin Williams needed just 16 for a perfect ninth (with a strikeout) to earn his third save of the year.
- Aaron Judge, 1-for-21 with no extra-base hits against Wacha, rocketed a single (108.6 mph off the bat) that one-hopped the wall in right-center. Judge notched a second hit off Wacha, an infield single to start the sixth when Perez at first mishandled a throw from shallow center. He finished the day 2-for-3 with a walk.
- Cody Bellinger went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout swinging. The outfielder is now 5-for-40 (.125) with one extra-base hit and two RBI in the month of April
- Paul Goldschmidt reached on catcher’s interference in the first but finished the day 0-for-3 with a strikeout.
- Jazz Chisholm Jr., wearing high socks and baggy pants in honor of Jackie Robinson, had a big chance in the first with two on and two out, but popped out in foul ground down the line in right. Went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout looking. He is now stuck in a 2-for-28 stretch.
- Wells made a bid for extra bases his first time up, but Hunter Renfroe tracked down the 369-foot flyout to the warning track in right-center. Finished 0-for-2 with a strikeout and RBI walk.
- Ben Rice, who has been swinging a mighty bat, hit just one ball hard as he finished 0-for-5 with a strikeout.
- Anthony Volpe had just one hit in his last 22 at-bats before cracking a leadoff single (100 mph) in the eighth. He finished 1-for-3 with a strikeout and a walk.
When Kansas City presented the Yanks with the opportunity to win the game, it was Dominguez – in his first at-bat from the right side – who seized the moment.
The Yankees look to complete the three-game sweep of the Royals on Wednesday, first pitch is set for 7:05 p.m.
Right-hander Clarke Schmidt will make his season debut and face off against Kansas City left-hander Kris Bubic (0.96 ERA, 0.964 WHIP in 18.2 innings).
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New York improved to 10-7 on the year. Kansas City fell to 8-9.
Here are the takeaways...
- Fried needed just 11 pitches in the first and 16 in the second for a perfect start, tallying two strikeouts on the four-seam fastball in the process.
The second pitch of the third innings was a bad one for the lefty as MJ Melendez clobbered a 94 mph four-seamer to the Yankee bullpen in center (107.2 mph, 429 feet). With two down, a slow dribbler to third wasn't barehanded by Oswald Peraza, and that infield hit came around to score when Bobby Witt Jr. smacked a first-pitch fastball off the wall in right center for a double.
Fried’s first-pitch curveball to start the fourth went right into the leftfield gap for a double off Salvador Pèrez’s bat, but three balls on the infield stranded the runner. The first-year Yank allowed the leadoff man to reach for the third-straight inning with an infield single to first in the fifth. But Fried escaped without further damage, adding his fifth strikeout of the night in the process.
A leadoff walk and two-out walk in the seventh ended Fried's night. Luke Weaver needed just two pitches to end the threat. Fried's final line: 6.2 innings, five hits, two runs, two walks, seven strikeouts on 94 pitches (60 strikes).
- Two runners reached against Michael Wacha in the first, but he cruised to five scoreless innings, needing just 58 pitches. The wheels came off in the sixth. After a leadoff infield single, Wacha got the next two batters before back-to-back walks saw the Royals summon Angel Zerpa, but the lefty promptly walked Austin Wells on four pitches to score a run.
That brought Dominguez to the plate, and the young left fielder got a 96 mph fastball on the inside corner and didn’t miss it, yanking the 1-2 pitch over the third baseman for a bases clearing double to give the Yanks a 4-2 lead.
It was Dominguez’s third hit in three at-bats after he stayed on a breaking ball for a first-pitch single through the right side in the second and laced a single (106.4 mph) to the right of second base in the fifth.
He exited the game for the top of the seventh – manager Aaron Boone said after the game Dominguez "lost his contacts" when he was running the bases – and Trent Grisham came in to play defense. And it didn’t take long for Grisham’s defense to pay dividends as he tracked down a hard-hit ball for the first out in the inning, robbing Melendez of extra bases.
- Weaver needed just nine pitches for a 1-2-3 eighth inning with a strikeout. Devin Williams needed just 16 for a perfect ninth (with a strikeout) to earn his third save of the year.
- Aaron Judge, 1-for-21 with no extra-base hits against Wacha, rocketed a single (108.6 mph off the bat) that one-hopped the wall in right-center. Judge notched a second hit off Wacha, an infield single to start the sixth when Perez at first mishandled a throw from shallow center. He finished the day 2-for-3 with a walk.
- Cody Bellinger went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout swinging. The outfielder is now 5-for-40 (.125) with one extra-base hit and two RBI in the month of April
- Paul Goldschmidt reached on catcher’s interference in the first but finished the day 0-for-3 with a strikeout.
- Jazz Chisholm Jr., wearing high socks and baggy pants in honor of Jackie Robinson, had a big chance in the first with two on and two out, but popped out in foul ground down the line in right. Went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout looking. He is now stuck in a 2-for-28 stretch.
- Wells made a bid for extra bases his first time up, but Hunter Renfroe tracked down the 369-foot flyout to the warning track in right-center. Finished 0-for-2 with a strikeout and RBI walk.
- Ben Rice, who has been swinging a mighty bat, hit just one ball hard as he finished 0-for-5 with a strikeout.
- Anthony Volpe had just one hit in his last 22 at-bats before cracking a leadoff single (100 mph) in the eighth. He finished 1-for-3 with a strikeout and a walk.
Game MVP: Dominguez
When Kansas City presented the Yanks with the opportunity to win the game, it was Dominguez – in his first at-bat from the right side – who seized the moment.
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What's next
The Yankees look to complete the three-game sweep of the Royals on Wednesday, first pitch is set for 7:05 p.m.
Right-hander Clarke Schmidt will make his season debut and face off against Kansas City left-hander Kris Bubic (0.96 ERA, 0.964 WHIP in 18.2 innings).
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