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New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals

May 26, 2026Kauffman StadiumPartly Cloudy 82°F · 4 mph, R To L
AWAY
New York Yankees
33-22
15
vs
HOME
Kansas City Royals
22-33
1

Game Highlights

Published May 26, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Cody Bellinger Cody Bellinger homers (8) on a line drive to right field. NYY 1, KC 0
T1 Ben Rice Yankees challenged (catch or drop), call on the field was overturned: Ben Rice singles on a line drive to right fielder Jac Caglianone. Paul Goldschmidt scores. NYY 2, KC 0
T1 Amed Rosario Amed Rosario homers (5) on a fly ball to left center field. Ben Rice scores. NYY 4, KC 0
T2 Anthony Volpe Anthony Volpe homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. NYY 5, KC 0
T3 Anthony Volpe Anthony Volpe singles on a ground ball to left fielder Lane Thomas. Ben Rice scores. Amed Rosario to 2nd. NYY 6, KC 0
T3 Trent Grisham Trent Grisham grounds out to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino. Amed Rosario scores. Anthony Volpe to 3rd. Austin Wells to 2nd. NYY 7, KC 0
T3 Cody Bellinger Cody Bellinger singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jac Caglianone. Anthony Volpe scores. Austin Wells scores. Aaron Judge out at 3rd on the throw, right fielder Jac Caglianone to third baseman Maikel Garcia. NYY 9, KC 0
B3 Bobby Witt Jr. Bobby Witt Jr. homers (9) on a line drive to right center field. NYY 9, KC 1
T5 Aaron Judge Aaron Judge doubles (10) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Jazz Chisholm Jr. scores. Trent Grisham to 3rd. NYY 10, KC 1
T7 Trent Grisham Trent Grisham homers (7) on a fly ball to right center field. NYY 11, KC 1
T8 Jazz Chisholm Jr. Jazz Chisholm Jr. homers (6) on a fly ball to right center field. NYY 12, KC 1
T8 Austin Wells Austin Wells singles on a line drive to right fielder Starling Marte. Anthony Volpe scores. NYY 13, KC 1
T9 Amed Rosario Amed Rosario homers (6) on a fly ball to right center field. Ben Rice scores. NYY 15, KC 1

Box score

  123456789 R
NYY 414010122 15
KC 001000000 1

Pitching & bullpen

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

Yankees AWAY 15

Cam Schlittler started for Yankees, leaving with a 10–1 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Cam Schlittler Starter 6.0 77 1 6 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Cam Schlittler threw
    CSW 30% 1st-pitch strike 77% 3.5 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 32 42% 1 8 8 8 7
    Sinker 19 25% 1 5 1 10 2
    Cutter 16 21% 3 2 2 3 6
    Curveball 7 9% 1 2 2 1 1
    Slider 3 4% 0 0 0 3 0
  • Ryan Yarbrough Middle 3.0 44 0 0 SV
Royals HOME 1

Bailey Falter started for Royals, leaving trailing 0–9. Out of the bullpen, Luinder Avila took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Bailey Falter Starter 2.1 45 7 0 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Bailey Falter threw
    CSW 22% 1st-pitch strike 81% 2.8 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 18 40% 0 5 1 4 8
    Slider 17 38% 1 1 4 6 5
    Curveball 7 16% 1 2 2 0 2
    Splitter 3 7% 0 0 0 2 1
  • Luinder Avila Long 3.0 67 3 1 inherited 2, all 2 scored
  • Steven Cruz Middle 1.2 39 1 4 inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Eli Morgan Middle 1.0 30 2 0
  • Tyler Tolbert Reliever 1.0 30 2 0

Where the game turned

1 run Top 1st · off Falter
  • Bellinger HR (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · NYY
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Trent Grisham CF 7 1 3 2 0 0 .201 .319 .385 .704 HR (7)
Max Schuemann RF 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286 .500 .429 .929
José Caballero LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259 .314 .388 .702
Paul Goldschmidt 1B 6 1 2 0 0 0 .255 .352 .500 .852 2B
Ben Rice DH 5 3 3 1 1 1 .285 .378 .615 .993 2B
Amed Rosario 3B 6 3 4 4 0 0 .279 .316 .547 .863 2 HR (5, 6)
Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2B 5 2 2 1 1 1 .246 .324 .400 .724 HR (6)
Anthony Volpe SS 6 3 3 2 0 1 .281 .425 .469 .894 HR (1), 2B
Austin Wells C 6 1 3 1 0 2 .181 .295 .283 .578
Aaron Judge RF 3 0 2 1 2 0 .256 .386 .563 .949 2B
Cody Bellinger LF 5 1 2 3 0 0 .277 .379 .497 .876 HR (8)
HOME · KC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Starling Marte RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .283 .339 .340 .679
Tyler Tolbert P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .334
Michael Massey 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .223 .245 .388 .633
Isaac Collins 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .216 .333 .318 .651
Carter Jensen C 4 0 1 0 0 0 .226 .311 .390 .701 2B
Lane Thomas LF 3 0 2 0 1 0 .222 .368 .289 .657 2B
Jac Caglianone 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .239 .307 .399 .706
Nick Loftin SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 .220 .333 .339 .672
Kyle Isbel CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .304 .375 .679
Maikel Garcia 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .258 .316 .376 .692
Bobby Witt Jr. SS 3 1 1 1 0 1 .295 .360 .493 .853 HR (9)
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .203 .290 .333 .623
Salvador Perez C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .212 .259 .369 .628

Pitching lines

AWAY · NYY
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Cam Schlittler 6.0 4 1 1 0 6 1 77 1.50 W
Ryan Yarbrough 3.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 44 3.66 SV
HOME · KC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Bailey Falter 2.1 9 7 7 0 0 3 45 13.97 L
Luinder Avila 3.0 7 3 3 2 1 0 67 5.06
Steven Cruz 1.2 2 1 1 1 4 1 39 8.25
Eli Morgan 1.0 3 2 2 1 0 1 30 6.08
Tyler Tolbert 1.0 3 2 2 1 0 1 30 10.80

Manager comparison

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

Recent form

AWAY · NYY
5-5 L3 +7 run diff
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HOME · KC
5-5 W1 +7 run diff
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Season series: 3-0 with NYY 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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