The Kansas City Royals barely got a “W” over the New York Yankees yesterday at New Yankee Stadium with the Royals winning 4 to 3. It was quite a game that followers with Royals tickets will be talking about for days.
Royals pitcher Jamey Wright (4.33 ERA) got the win, while Damaso Marte (9.95 ERA) took the loss for the Yankees. Robinson Tejeda went 5 innings for the Royals, allowed 4 hits, 2 home runs and 3 earned runs with 3 walks and 5 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Royals was Roman Colon (4.89). The Yankees’s starter Joba Chamberlain went 3.2 innings, allowed 7 hits, no home runs and 3 earned runs with 4 walks and 3 strikeouts. Alfredo Aceves (3.64), Jonathan Albaladejo (4.91), Sergio Mitre (6.79), Phil Hughes (2.95), and Mariano Rivera (1.79) also pitched for the Yankees. With the win, Wright’s record goes to 3-5, while Marte falls to 1-3. Joakim Soria earned the save for the Royals, bringing his saves up to 30.
In addition to the 4 runs, the Royals managed 11 hits and committed one error. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Royals, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. Tug Hulett had a tough day at the plate, leaving 4 runners on base. The Yankees didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Yankees managed 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Tom Hallion, Tony Randazzo, Chris Guccione and Jerry Layne. There were 46,956 Yankees ticket holders in attendance at New Yankee Stadium.
The win puts the Royals at a record of 65-94, (20.5 games behind first place in the division), while the loss brings the Yankees to 102-57, still leading their division. Next up for the Royals are the Minnesota Twins (82-76) at the Twins’s Metrodome. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for Minnesota Twins tickets because that game should be a good one. The Yankees will next take on the Tampa Bay Rays (82-76) at Tropicana Field in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your Tampa Bay Rays tickets today and be there for first pitch.