Back from losing two out of three to the St. Louis Cardinals and back from a 3-6 road trip, the Kansas City Royals fought valiantly against the New York Yankees in the stadium where they had a winning record. The Royals came back to tie it on four separate occasions—in the bottom of the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth innings—but they could not hold back the Yankees in extras. The back of the bullpen frayed, but the real culprit of tonight’s loss was Carlos Santana, who left nine men on base in six hitless plate appearances.
For the first six innings of today’s game, nothing much happened of note.