Heart breaking News: Kansas City Royals has reject New York Yankees 4-3 victory…
Heart breaking News: Kansas City Royals has reject New York Yankees 4-3 victory…
Jazz Chisholm Jr. delivered a game-winning infield single with one out in the 11th inning, bringing the New York Yankees to a 4-3 triumph over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night.
The Yankees stretched their lead in the AL East to 1 1/2 games clear of Baltimore with a home run by Juan Soto in the sixth inning. Though they haven’t led by more than two games, New York has held the lead since August 21.
The Orioles lost 5-3 in 10 innings at Fenway Park, where Tyler O’Neill hit a walk-off home run for Boston, just before Chisholm’s game-winning shot.
With runners on first and third, Chisholm took the field after Kris Bubic (0-1) purposefully walked.
On a defensive play, with the infield drew in, Judge advanced to second base, and Chisholm hit a 2-1 slider to shortstop. Bobby Witt Jr. dived to his knees but lost balance, throwing the ball wide of the plate. Berti scored with ease with a headfirst slide while pinch sprinting.
“To be honest, I was searching for a pitch that would allow me to reach third base or the outfield to score someone,” Chisholm admitted. “If I didn’t get a pitch to hit, I was ready to pass the baton.”
After coming over from the Miami Marlins to join the Yankees on July 27, Chisholm batted cleanup for the second time. His teammates showered him with water to celebrate his first walk-off hit of the season, which occurred close to second base.
In 1 2/3 hitless innings, Luke Weaver (5-3) struck out three batters to get the victory.
In the series between two playoff-bound teams, New York prevailed in two of the three games. Kansas City now behind Cleveland by 4 1/2 games in the AL Central, but it is ahead of Minnesota by 1 1/2 games for the second wild card berth.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone declared, “This is a big series win for us against a really good club over there that threw a lot of good pitching at us.”
“It was a tense game,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. It was tense. Both sides had strong points.
Two pitches after fouling a ball off his right ankle, Juan Soto launched a two-run home run off Cole Ragans to give the Yankees a 2-1 lead in the sixth inning. Head athletic trainer Tim Lentych checked Soto, who was in discomfort, but he went on.
He fouled off one more pitch and then drove the ball 402 feet to right field.
“When you hit yourself, you really get mad,” Soto remarked. It’s simply how things work. I have nothing against the pitcher. I’m just angry with myself, yet it feels a little relieving when you respond that way.
