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05/27 21:15 CDT Gerrit Cole fans 10 as the Yankees blank KC 7-0 for their 14th
straight win over the Royals
Gerrit Cole fans 10 as the Yankees blank KC 7-0 for their 14th straight win
over the Royals
By DAVE SKRETTA
AP Sports Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) --- Gerrit Cole struck out 10 while pitching into the
seventh in a second stellar start since his return from Tommy John surgery, and
the New York Yankees beat Kansas City 7-0 on Wednesday night to run their
winning streak to 14 straight over the Royals.
Cole (1-0) threw 79 pitches over 6 2/3 innings, allowing four hits without a
walk. The superlative performance by the 35-year-old former Cy Young Award
winner came after Cole had allowed two hits over six scoreless innings against
Tampa Bay in his first major league start since Game 5 of the 2024 World Series
against the Dodgers.
Ben Rice had three RBIs, Ryan McMahon hit a two-run homer and Paul Goldschmidt
and Aaron Judge also drove in runs, sending the Yankees to their second sweep
of the Royals this season. New York has won 22 of its last 23 series against
them overall.
Noah Cameron (2-4) pitched into the sixth inning for Kansas City, allowing two
runs on four hits and a walk.
The Yankees were coming off a memorable 15-1 win Tuesday night in which they
belted six homers and had 24 hits --- and, in a first for one of the game's
historic franchises, every player in the New York starting lineup had at least
two hits.
With Cole back on the mound, they only needed a fraction of that Wednesday
night.
Goldschmidt got the offense going with a single in the fourth, and Rice
delivered an RBI triple off the left-field wall on Cameron's very next pitch.
Judge brought him home with a sacrifice fly later in the inning, staking the
Yankees to a 2-0 lead.
New York added three more runs in the seventh before McMahon's homer in the
eighth put the game away.
The closest the Royals came to scoring off Cole came in the third, when Michael
Massey hit a one-out double. Isaac Collins struck out to bring up Maikel
Garcia, who ripped a single to right. Judge fielded it cleanly and threw out
Massey at the plate.
Up next Yankees LHP Carlos Rodon (0-2, 4.15 ERA) will start against the Athletics in Sacramento, California, on Friday night. The Royals open their three-game set in Texas on Friday night with their starter still to be determined. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB |
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