The New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 on May 25, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Cody Bellinger went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Yankees.
- Will Warren pitched 6.0 innings for the Yankees, allowing 2 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 7.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Goldschmidt | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Judge | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Trent Grisham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ben Rice | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Caballero | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jazz Chisholm Jr. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Anthony Volpe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Team | 30 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Warren | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| David Bednar | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Hill | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jake Bird | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Brent Headrick | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maikel Garcia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Starling Marte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
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 | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
Before and after
- Yankees · 2026 season · Previous May 24, 2026: TB 0, NYY 2 · Next May 26, 2026: NYY 15, KC 1
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous May 24, 2026: SEA 6, KC 8 · Next May 26, 2026: NYY 15, KC 1