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April 17, 2026 · AL East

Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees

April 17, 2026Yankee StadiumPartly Cloudy 74°F · 8 mph, L To R
AWAY
Kansas City Royals
7-13
2
vs
HOME
New York Yankees
11-9
4

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B4 Ben Rice Ben Rice homers (6) on a line drive to right field. Cody Bellinger scores. KC 0, NYY 2
T6 Vinnie Pasquantino Vinnie Pasquantino grounds out, first baseman Ben Rice to pitcher Cam Schlittler. Maikel Garcia scores. Bobby Witt Jr. to 3rd. KC 1, NYY 2
T8 Vinnie Pasquantino Vinnie Pasquantino homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. KC 2, NYY 2
B8 Ryan McMahon Ryan McMahon homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Ben Rice scores. KC 2, NYY 4

Box score

  123456789 R
KC 000001010 2
NYY 000200020 4

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Royals AWAY 2

Michael Wacha started for Royals, leaving trailing 1–2. Out of the bullpen, Alex Lange took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Michael Wacha Starter 6.0 97 2 6
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Michael Wacha threw
    CSW 25% 1st-pitch strike 71% 4.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 22 23% 3 1 4 8 6
    Changeup 21 22% 3 3 2 10 3
    Sinker 18 19% 4 0 4 9 1
    Cutter 16 16% 0 3 5 4 4
    Slider 11 11% 2 0 2 6 1
    Curveball 9 9% 1 4 1 3 0
  • Eli Morgan Reliever 1.0 27 0 0
  • Alex Lange Middle 1.0 18 2 2 L
Yankees HOME 4

Cam Schlittler started for Yankees, leaving with a 2–1 lead. Out of the bullpen, Camilo Doval took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Cam Schlittler Starter 6.0 93 1 6
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Cam Schlittler threw
    CSW 23% 1st-pitch strike 58% 3.9 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 39 42% 7 3 10 13 6
    Cutter 24 26% 3 0 10 6 5
    Sinker 16 17% 0 3 4 5 4
    Curveball 11 12% 3 2 1 4 1
    Slider 3 3% 0 0 1 2 0
  • Brent Headrick Setup 1.0 11 0 1 HLD inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Camilo Doval Middle 1.0 16 1 1 W
  • David Bednar Closer 1.0 17 0 2 SV

Where the game turned

2 runs Bottom 8th · off Lange
  • McMahon HR (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · KC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Maikel Garcia 3B 3 1 0 0 1 1 .269 .341 .410 .751
Bobby Witt Jr. SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 .263 .345 .329 .674
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B 4 1 2 2 0 0 .173 .256 .293 .549 HR (2)
Salvador Perez C 4 0 0 0 0 2 .160 .210 .307 .517
Carter Jensen DH 2 0 0 0 2 2 .214 .274 .446 .720
Lane Thomas CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .333 .229 .562
Jac Caglianone RF 4 0 1 0 0 3 .271 .348 .373 .721
Jonathan India 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .310 .313 .623
Starling Marte LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .300 .500
Michael Massey 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .188 .235 .250 .485
Kyle Isbel CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .283 .353 .435 .788
HOME · NYY
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Trent Grisham CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .145 .303 .290 .593
Aaron Judge RF 3 0 1 0 1 1 .240 .329 .600 .929 2B, SB
Cody Bellinger LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 .246 .341 .348 .689
Giancarlo Stanton DH 4 0 0 0 0 3 .257 .316 .386 .702
Ben Rice 1B 4 2 2 2 0 1 .339 .459 .746 1.205 HR (6)
Ryan McMahon 3B 1 1 1 2 0 0 .140 .275 .209 .484 HR (1)
Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2B 2 0 0 0 2 1 .174 .269 .246 .515
José Caballero SS 2 0 0 0 1 1 .215 .271 .323 .594 SB
Austin Wells C 2 0 0 0 1 0 .184 .333 .265 .598
Amed Rosario 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .243 .275 .486 .761

Pitching lines

AWAY · KC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Michael Wacha 6.0 3 2 2 3 6 1 97 1.00
Eli Morgan 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 27 1.29
Alex Lange 1.0 2 2 2 0 2 1 18 5.19 L
HOME · NYY
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Cam Schlittler 6.0 3 1 0 2 6 0 93 1.95
Brent Headrick 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1.59 HLD
Camilo Doval 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 16 7.56 W
David Bednar 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 17 4.15 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · KC
Matt Quatraro
Matt Quatraro
Lineup 3.1 R Bunts 1.6 R IBBs 1.5 R
HOME · NYY
Aaron Boone
Aaron Boone
Lineup 2.1 R Bunts 0.1 R IBBs 1.5 R

Recent form

AWAY · KC
5-5 W1 +7 run diff
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HOME · NYY
5-5 L3 +7 run diff
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Season series: 0-3 with KC listed first across 3 prior meetings.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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