Kansas City Royals @ New York Yankees

7-13, 2-8 Away

Final

11-9, 6-5 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
M. Garcia3B	0-3	1	0	0	.269
B. Witt Jr.SS	0-4	0	0	0	.263
V. Pasquantino1B	2-4	1	1	2	.173
S. PerezC	0-4	0	0	0	.160
C. JensenDH	0-2	0	0	0	.214
L. ThomasLF-CF	1-4	0	0	0	.200
J. CaglianoneRF	1-4	0	0	0	.271
M. Massey2B	0-2	0	0	0	.188
J. IndiaPH-2B	0-2	0	0	0	.167
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 7th: India fouled out to first. 9th: India struck out swinging.
K. IsbelCF	0-2	0	0	0	.283
S. MartePH-LF	0-1	0	0	0	.200

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
M. Wacha	6.0	3	2	3	6	97-57	1.00
E. Morgan	1.0	0	0	2	0	27-13	1.29
A. Lange	1.0	2	2	0	2	18-12	5.19

According to ESPN Analytics

NYY

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Yankee Stadium

12:05 AM, 18 April 2026

Bronx, New York

Attendance: 44,244

Game Time:2:34

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Charlie Ramos
First Base Umpire - Tyler Jones
Second Base Umpire - Chris Guccione
Third Base Umpire - Nestor Ceja

McMahon comes off bench and busts out of slump with big homer for Yankees in 4-2 win over Royals

— Ryan McMahon came off the bench and broke out of his season-long slump with a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning as the New York Yankees beat the skidding Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Friday night.

Apr 18, 2026, 03:09 am - AP


KC
NYY

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	4	0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	-	4	5	2

Scoring Summary

		KC	NYY
4th	Rice homered to right (364 feet), Bellinger scored.	0	2
6th	Pasquantino grounded out to first, Garcia scored, Witt Jr. to third.	1	2
8th	Pasquantino homered to right (339 feet).	2	2
8th	McMahon homered to left (372 feet), Rice scored.	2	4

Data is currently unavailable.

Royals
2
Yankees
4

Game 1

18/4

Royals
4
Yankees
13

Game 2

18/4

Royals
0
Yankees
7

Game 3

19/4

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	37	31	.544	-	L2
Chicago	34	31	.523	1.5	L1
Minnesota	30	37	.448	6.5	L2
Detroit	27	39	.409	9	W1
Kansas City	27	39	.409	9	W2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Tampa Bay	38	25	.603	-	W1
New York	39	26	.600	-	W2
Toronto	32	35	.478	8	L1
Baltimore	31	36	.463	9	L3
Boston	27	37	.422	11.5	L2

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Kansas City Royals @ New York Yankees

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McMahon comes off bench and busts out of slump with big homer for Yankees in 4-2 win over Royals

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