New York Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres (25) celebrates after hitting a two-run home run against the Kansas City Royals during Game 1 of the ALDS at Yankee Stadium on Oct. 5, 2024.

Fun Fact: When the Royals swept the Yankees in 1980, Kansas City used a total of four pitchers the entire series. — Mick Shaffer (@mickshaffer) October 6, 2024 ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Royals do a lot well. Their rotation entered play with the fifth-best ERA in all of baseball. They began action Tuesday having scored 331 runs, which was tied for the ...

New York’s Gleyber Torres and Kansas City’s MJ Melendez hit two-run homers in a back-and-forth game in which the Royals wasted leads of 1-0, 3-2 and 5-4 and the Yankees failed to hold 2-1 and ...

New York Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres (25) celebrates after hitting a two-run home run against the Kansas City Royals during Game 1 of the ALDS at Yankee Stadium on Oct. 5, 2024.

Fans of a certain vintage well recall the Yankees-Royals battles of the mid-to-late ‘70s, when the Yankees upended Kansas City in three straight AL Championship Series – 1976, ’77 and ’78 ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Gerrit Cole pitched like a postseason ace Thursday night, holding the Kansas City Royals to a single run over seven innings and sending the New York Yankees to a 3-1 victory ...

The Yankees traveled to Kansas City in June for four games and won the first three 4-2, 10-2 and 11-5 before the Royals salvaged the last by scoring two in the ninth for a 4-3 walk-off win.

Kansas City, MO. - The Royals have struggled against the Yankees so far. The Royals pitching staff has struggled especially, not just with the Yankees but the entire month of June.

The Yankees (47-21) won 4-2 on Monday night. Kansas City (39-28) lost Hunter Renfroe to a toe fracture during the contest, and the team could not come all the way back from a 4-0 hole.

A team hanging by the thread of its pitching staff has woven together a monthlong offensive powerhouse.