Yankees 11, Royals 5: A rollercoaster game ends in a win

It is amazing how quickly a game can go from in-control to spinning out at 100 miles per hour. Everything seemed to be going fairly well for most of the first half of the game. For most of the second half of the game, it looked more like the aforementioned car crash. Then, the offense somehow pulled the careening car out of a slide and managed to correct it back onto course.

The Yankees managed to get on the board early with a Rizzo solo home run in the first inning. Following quickly after that in the third, Judge hit his 40th home run of the season to score LeMahieu, who had walked. It has been nice to see that LeMahieu has gotten back on track after a disappointing season last year. With…