After scoring 39 runs in the previous five games, the yankees’ bats were very quiet for their season finale against the royals. The yankees fell to 5 1/2 games behind the … · on a night when offense was scarce and tension hung heavier than the california air, the yankees edged out the angels 1-0, completing a three-game sweep with steely … · new york completed a three-game sweep to finish 6-0 against the royals this season after eliminating them 3-1 in their best-of-five playoff series last october. The yankees scored a first-inning run and made it stand in a 1-0 blanking that finished off a three-game sweep of the angels, made it five in a row overall and 16 of 20 heading in a world. They returned home for a four-game set against the angels, a good … · the yankees are coming off perhaps the worst series they could have had — a sweep in fenway park. That’s what unfolded thursday at kauffman stadium, where the new york yankees leaned into old-school toughness to win a 1-0 nail-biter over the kansas city royals. Neither starter was much of a factor, … On a night the yankees were held to five hits, they got lucky. · there were five lead changes between the new york yankees and kansas city royals in game 1 of the alds on saturday, a postseason first. · pablo reyes scored an unearned run from second base on a wild play in the eighth inning after new yorks will warren and kansas citys seth lugo dueled in the visiting yankees 1 … · the new york yankees and kansas city royals was an intense battle on saturday night as game 1 of the american league division series got underway. · the yankees (60-53) saw their lead over the rangers for the final wild card spot in the american league shrink to 1 1/2 games monday.