Highlights and runs: New York Yankees 8-6 Kansas City Royals in 2021 MLB

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In extra innings, New York defeated Kansas City; the victory went to Clay Holmes (4-2) and the loss to Greg Holland (2-5), with Wandy Peralta (3) earning the save.

The second game of this series in the MLB regular season will be this Tuesday at 8:10 p.m. (ET).

Equipo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Yankees	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	8	11	1
Royals	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	6	10	3

Royals' and game's last out; in extrainnings, Yankees win 8-6 in the eleventh inning.

Edward Olivares singles to center field; Michael Taylor scores. Royals' sixth run scored.

Giancarlo Stanton hits a one-out roller, ending the eleventh inning. Yankees take a very important lead over Royals.

DJ LeMahieu hits a line-drive double to right field; Joey Gallo scores to give the Yankees the lead back.

DJ LeMahieu hits a line-drive double to right field; Joey Gallo scores to give the Yankees the lead back.

Michael Taylor hits a one-out fly to right field; the tenth inning ends, and the Yankees and Royals remain tied.

Hanser Alberto singles to center field; Andrew Benintendi scores to even the score.

Jarrod Dyson hits a sacrifice fly to left field; Hunter Dozie scores and shortens the lead. With two outs, Royals have a runner on second base.

Aaron Judge and Joey Gallo are overpowered, ending the 10th round of hitting for the Yankees, who are three outs away from victory.

Brett Gardner singled to right field, and after a throwing error, he moved to second base; Tyler Waded scored to increase the Yankees' lead.

Kyle Higashioka hits a sacrifice fly to center field; Tyler Wade advances to second base and Andrew Velazquez scores the Yankees' fourth run.

Tyler Wade singled with a line drive to center field; Andrew Velazquez, who had started at second base, advanced to third.

Hunter Dozie struck out, ending the ninth inning. There will be extra innings.

Nicky Lopez hits a bunt single to left field; Whit Merrifield scores to tie the game.

Whit Merrifield pops to first after getting a base on balls.

Michael Taylor strikes out and Cam Gallagher hits a line out to short field; Kansas City Royals are one out away from losing.

New York Yankees change their pitcher again: Zack Britton comes in for Chad Green.

Andrew Velázquez hits a one-out roller, ending the inning for the Yankees, who once again have the lead on the board.

The Royals will have one last chance to react.

Home run! Luke Voit scores a run and gives the lead back to New York Yankees.

Joey Gallo strikes out and DJ LeMahieu hits a line out; that's two outs for the New York Yankees.

Brett Gardner does his job in center field to catch Hanser Alberto's fly ball. After eight complete innings, Yankees and Royals are tied at two runs.

Jarrod Dyson strikes out swinging; Kansas City Royals have two outs and two runners on base.

Andrew Benintendi hits a line drive single to right field; Salvador Perez swipes second base and Nicky Lopez scores the Kansas City Royals' second run to even the score.

Carlos Santana hits a pop fly out to center field; Nicky Lopez advances to third base.

New York Yankees change pitcher: Chad Green in for Jonathan Loaisiga.

Salvador Perez grounded out; Nicky Lopez advanced to second.

Nicky Lopez hits a line single to left field. Kansas City Royals look to even the scoreboard.

Aaron Judge hits a line single to right field; Tyler Wade scores and Brett Gardner is picked off second. The eighth inning ends for the Yankees, but they are already up by one run again.

Giancarlo Stanton strikes out, second out for Yankees.

Kansas City Royals change their pitcher again: Scott Barlow comes in for Jake Brentz.

Brett Gardner grounded out; Tyler Wade advanced to second.

Kyle Higashioka strikes out; it's the first out of the inning for New York Yankees.

Tyler Wade advances to first after getting on base on catcher's interference.

Kansas City Royals switch pitcher: Jake Brentz replaces Josh Staumont.

Whit Merrifield hits a grounder for a forced out, as Cam Gallagher is picked off before reaching second base. After seven complete, Yankees and Royals have scored, but remain tied.

Cam Gallagher grounded into a base on balls and advanced to first.

Michael Taylor hits a one-out roller to short field; Royals already have two outs.

Ryan O'Hearn hits a sacrifice fly to right field for Jarrod Dyson to score and even the score.

Jarrod Dyson, who replaced Emmanuel Rivera, grounds out to third base after a bad throw and a balk.

New York Yankees change pitchers: Jonathan Loaisiga relieves Jameson Taillon.

Emmanuel Rivera hits a hard-hit single to center field.

Andrew Velázquez strikes out without a hit; ends the seventh at-bat for Yankees, who are already winning the game.

Kansas City Royals switch pitchers: Josh Staumont replaces Carlos Hernandez.

Luke Voit hits a single to left field; DJ LeMahieu advanced to third; Joey Gallo scored. Yankees are already down by one run to Royals.

DJ Lemahieu bunted, Joey Gallo advanced to second base and Aaron Judge was tagged out at home while attempting to score.

Joey Gallo connects with a single after a grounder to second base; Aaron Judge pops out to third base.

Aaron Judge hits a line drive double to left field.

Giancarlo Stanton hits a grounder to third base, and Emmanuel Rivera checks and throws to first base to strike him out.

Andrew Benintendi hits a fly out to right field, ending the sixth inning of the game. Yankees and Royals remain scoreless.

Carlos Santana hits a pop fly out to third base.

Salvador Perez singled with a single to center field.

The first out of the inning for the Kansas City Royals after Nicky Lopez grounded out to shortstop.

Brett Gardner hits a one-out roller, ending the sixth at-bat for the New York Yankees.

Kyle Higashioka hits a grounder, and Kansas City Royals hit into a double play to strike him and Tyler Wade out. 

Tyler Wade hits line single to right field.

Whit Merrifield hits a one-out roller to Jameson Taillon who throws to first base to end the fifth inning. The score remains even.

Jameson Taillon shines by striking out Michael Taylor and Cam Gallagher in a row; quickly, Kansas City Royals already have two outs in this inning.

Andrew Velázquez strikes out without a hit; it's the third of the night for Carlos Hernández. The fifth at-bat ends for the New York Yankees.

Great defensive play by Emmanuel Rivera to contain Luke Voit's ground ball and throw to first base to eliminate him. Kansas City Royals continue to receive no runs, and just one hit.

DJ LeMahieu hits a fly ball to short field, where Nicky Lopez controls it to get the first out of the fifth inning for the New York Yankees.

New York Yankees hit into a double play to strike out Emmanuel Rivera and Ryan O'Hearn, who hit a grounder to second base. After four complete innings, the score remains unchanged.

Emmanuel Rivera hits a hard-hit single to center field.

Andrew Benintendi hits a line out to left field, where Joey Gallo is out.

In a row, New York Yankees hitters (Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Judge and Joey Gallo) are overpowered after hitting grounders. The visitors continue to score no runs.

Jameson Taillon gets his second strikeout of the afternoon against Carlos Santana, and with that the third out of the inning for the Kansas City Royals. The game continues with no runs.

Salvador Perez advanced to first base after being hit by a pitch; Cam Gallagher advanced to second.

Whit Merrifield hits a pop fly out into foul territory. Nicky Lopez strikes out swinging; Kansas City Royals already have two outs.

Cam Gallagher singles to center field. With no outs and a runner on base, the Kansas City Royals have a good chance to take the lead.

Brett Gardner strikes out, ending the third at-bat for the New York Yankees.

Tyler Wade's grounder and Kyle Higashioka's grounder are contained; New York Yankees already have two outs quickly.

Michael Taylor hits a one-out roller to first base, ending the second inning. The scoreboard is still tied at zero runs.

Ryan O'Hearn hits a fly ball that is checked in center field; Kansas City Royals already have two outs. 

On an infield fly, Emmanuel Rivera grounded out after hitting a bunt; Andrew Benintendi advanced to second base.

Andrew Benintendi was hit by a ground ball and advanced to first base.

Andrew Velazquez hits a one-out roller, ending the second round of hitting for the New York Yankees.

Luke Voit singles and strikes out; New York Yankees already have two outs.

DJ Lemahieu hits a towering triple to right field; it comes very close to being a home run.

Joey Gallo hits a line drive to second base, where Whit Merrifield checks him to ground out for the first out.

Carlos Santana hits a fly out, ending the first inning of the game. New York Yankees and Kansas City have not moved the scoreboard.

Salvador Pérez receives a base on balls and advances to first base.

Nicky Lopez also hits a grounder to first base, giving the Kansas City Royals the second out of the inning.

Whit Merrifield is picked off after hitting a one-out roller to first base.

Aaron Judge hits a fly out to right field, ending the first at-bat for the New York Yankees.

After a Giancarlo Stanton grounder, the Kansas City Royals hit into a double play to strike him and Brett Gardner out.

Brett Gardner grounded out and advanced to first. With no outs, New York Yankees already have runner on base.

Carlos Hernández, Kansas City Royals, on the mound; Brett Gardner, New York Yankees, at bat.

Due to a sprained left thumb, the New York Yankees placed Gleyber Torres on the 10-day injured list.

In the meantime, here are the starters for the New York Yankees in today's game.

This is the ninth Kansas City Royals lineup for this afternoon's game at their home ballpark. 

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Carlos Hernández will play his 17th game, his fifth start; he has three wins and one loss. His ERA is 4.58; he has appeared in 39.1 innings and has struck out 48 batters.

Jameson Taillon will make his 22nd start of the season; he has seven wins and four losses. His ERA is 4.04, he has pitched 107 innings and has 108 strikeouts.

On Sunday, Kansas City beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5; the victory went to Scott Barlow (4-3) and the save to Jameson Lovelady (1). With this result, Royals avoided the sweep, so the series ended 1-2 against.

Yesterday, Yankees lost 0-2 at home against Seattle Mariners; the loss was for Lucas Luetge (4-2). Even with this loss, Yankees won the series 3-1.

In the American League Central division, Kansas City is in fourth place, having won 48 times and lost 62. Their record in their 10 most recent games is 4-6. 

In the American League East division, New York is in third place, with 61 wins and 50 losses, with a productivity of .545. In their last 10 games, they are 8-2.

This Monday afternoon in Missouri, the New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals will play the first of three games in their second and final series against each other in the 2021 MLB regular season.

In the first series, played last June in the Bronx, the New York Yankees won two of the three games played.

My name is Alan Rodriguez and I’ll be your host for this game. We will provide you with pre-game analysis, roster updates, and news as it happens live here on VAVEL.