The New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Apr 17, 2026 at Yankee Stadium.
Final · Yankee Stadium
Top performers
- Vinnie Pasquantino went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Ben Rice went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Yankees.
- Cam Schlittler pitched 6.0 innings for the Yankees, allowing 0 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
Kansas City Royals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lane Thomas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jonathan India | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Kyle Isbel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Starling Marte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Alex Lange | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 7.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
New York Yankees box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cody Bellinger | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Giancarlo Stanton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Trent Grisham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Rice | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Aaron Judge | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Amed Rosario | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jazz Chisholm Jr. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Jose Caballero | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Austin Wells | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan McMahon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Schlittler | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Camilo Doval | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| David Bednar | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Brent Headrick | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Apr 16, 2026: KC 9, DET 10 · Next Apr 18, 2026: KC 4, NYY 13
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