Gerrit Cole struck out 10 and pitched 6 1/3 innings of two-run ball before DJ LeMahieu hit a tie-breaking home run to open the seventh inning as the host New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals 5-2 on Saturday afternoon.
The Yankees won their second straight following a 2-9 skid and secured a series win for the first time since taking two of three in Oakland June 27-29. New York clinched a series win over the Royals for the 15th straight time.
Cole was lifted at 99 pitches and Wandy Peralta got two groundouts to keep the game tied midway through the seventh until LeMahieu hit a full-count 98-mph fastball from Carlos Hernandez into the right-center field seats. Giancarlo Stanton had an RBI single in the first inning off Kansas City starter Brady Singer and Anthony Volpe helped manufacture New York's second run in the third. Stanton padded the lead with a two-run homer in the eighth.Nick Pratto homered in the third for the Royals and Maikel Garcia hit a tying single in the fifth as Kansas City dropped to 3-13 over their past 16 contests since consecutive home wins over the Los Angeles Dodgers July 1-2.
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