Series-Evening Shutout | Lugo Rolls in the Bronx

Number zero, Marcus Stroman in his first year with the Yankees. He is 10 and seven. He's got good career numbers against the Royals in his lifetime four and one with a 252 , a against the Royals in six starts including 5.2 shutout innings in June this year, Tommy Pham is ready. Stroman is ready. Hits it in the right center that's going to drop in front of judge and for a second straight game, Tommy Pham is on to begin the game only 46 times as a player finished the year with at least a 10 more. So, Judge and Witt are going to join that list. The last time a pair of players put up 10 plus four seasons in the same league was 1961 grounded the Chisholm. There's one and double up 98% of batter runners that is a double play, a sharp one to third and home umpire Chad Whitson actually just ruled catcher's interference. So that gives Salvador Perez first base. So another error on Austin, well , he had two errors last night on 1st and 2nd with one out for MJ swing and a Miss got him on a splitter and completely full two down. Now in the top of the first and Hunter Renfroe comes to the plate two balls, two strikes, two outs, two on pitch swing and a miss strike three. There's a slur from Stroman and he strikes out to the set to face set. Lugo, former reliever always wanted to start, finally get the chance I proven he was right. He is the only pitcher in baseball track with nine different pitches, two balls and two strikes on torres. That one is in the center, that base hit. That's an 11 game hitting streak for Torres Soto at 2 92 38 homers, 98 RBIs four times on base last night. Look at that pitch right there. Got him to chase and set has his first strike out of the night one gone in the bottom of the first. And that brings up aaron Judge her ball swung on and missed strike three, a beautiful Hammer from set. He strikes out juan Soto and aaron Judge back to back the bottom of the first inning. Last night's hero is up. It's austin wells, lefty hitter curveball hit on the ground to the right side. Michael Massey's got it in his glove. He throws to first in time for the out and that ends the inning and it's inside ball for Michael Massey stands in the batter's box sees six pitches and takes a lead off 11 out, 11 grounded softly to short Volpe got it. Flips the second one return throw. Torres got him buy one get one free inning over double play and Stroman faces the minimum two down still 0 to 2 on dominguez got called up yesterday and went one for four. Also scored a run and stole a base curveball swung on and missed strike three bottom of the zone and Dominguez couldn't make contact three strikeouts for Z go through two scoreless innings and a ball that lands on the infield dirt will result in a base hit for ISB. And now the Royals have had their leadoff man on in all three innings is at second base with one out for Bobby Junior bounced into a fielder's choice back in the first inning and a breaking ball pulled through the left side of base hit Bobby Wood Junior drives in the first run of the game 10 Royals here in inning number three RB I number 99 for Bobby Witt Junior. So he's made an impact with the bat and now he's got a chance to make an impact on the bases. Here's Salvador Perez breaking ball pulled down the left field line. It's a fair ball. Bobby races around second. He's to third. He's being waved home and the throw will go into second and Salvy will Bobby scores. It's two nothing. Salvador Perez with a hustle RB I double and the Royals lead it two nothing. And for the second time in as many nights, Bobby Wood Junior simply flies around the bases to score from first. He was so fast that the Yankees didn't even try to throw to the plate to get him at home. They knew their only chance was an out at second. The Yankees are challenging the call at second. He was rolled safe either way. Bobby scores to be a single and Then out 74, nine fastball right by him and first time to the order strikes out four, he sent down eight in a breaking ball grounded the other way but right to, he plays it on a knee at first. Takes it to the bag and a 123 3rd inning for set who has sent down nine Yankees in a row stands in the leadoff inning number four and a miss strike three good from strikeout number 31 down. Massey, it's a base hit into right center field. So he's been on base twice after a leadoff walk in the second inning. No throw a stolen base for mass. He goes in at first. His first steal puts him in scoring position with one down for Paul Young swing and a miss the young down on strikes. Now it's freddie off with two away runner off second here it comes grounded towards the middle. Torres ranges right behind the back, got him put a star on that one smooth from labor and that retires the side is not the time for the snack. This is the sort of judge port of the game. So Judge and Wells set chopped slowly toward first, takes it himself one to one pitch swing grounds it to the left side to his left. The young up with it fires across for the out. So both soto and judge zero for two tonight that will bring up Austin Wells 11 in a row. Retired by swing and a miss, he strikes him out of the cutter. That time make it five for Lugo and we go to inning number five with the Royals up to nothing. Now is be drops one into right center field and the Royals have had their leadoff man on in four of five innings fan moving the second and now Bobby with your steps to the plate, pops it up right field. Soto is right there doesn't have to move. It's a beautiful dark to the short. So is stays but two down, two outs. Now in the top of the fifth, Salvador Perez comes to the play and one more RB. I just be the third catcher 34 years or older to have a 100 RB I season. And that is RB I number 100 for Salvador Perez. Kyle is led off the inning with a single, comes around to score his second tonight. It's the second time in his career that he's had at least 100 RB I in a single season. Lugo has set down the last 12 Yankees swung on and missed strike three. Beat him with a letter high cutter, six cases for set Lugo. He's retired 13 straight swung on and missed strike three and in a flash set, Lugo strikes out Jazz Junior on three pitches. Dominguez hits high in the air right center field playable for kyle Bell. He's into the gap and he makes the catch to end the inning set. Lugo is thrown five scoreless innings so far tonight at Yankee Stadium, he's retired 15 consecutive batters walking Boone, walking out to the mound and he's going to take the ball from Marcus Strom thrown 90 pitches and pitch one out into the sixth inning. The new pitcher is 2nd and 3rd base hit and I think this five two to swing and a miss got him on the splitter and lighter comes in and strands to keep it three. Nothing. That's big one hit in that one hit was to the first batter he faced and now he's knocked down 15 in a row and a swing and a miss and a pitch down and the curveball gets the swing and miss for strike at number eight , great artistry on the mound from Seth Lugo and a swing and a breaking ball and a pop up shallow center Massey calling for it two very quick outs, which is great because obviously everybody in the Royals dugout and everybody wearing a Royals uniform on the field wants Luga to go just as far as he can tonight. He's at 82 pitches with two quick outs to start the sixth and there is another base hit again by Torres and that breaks the streak of 17 straight Yankees retired. Soto is zero for two crowd has had very little to four starting to get into it now and a swing the other way and back to make the catch to the track is MJ to end the inning. So, so goes the other way but it stays in the yard, a two out single is all they get in the sixth. So top of the order for the Royals in the seventh, Tommy Pham one out of three with a single tonight. Tommy Pham deep into left field and gone for his second home run as a Royal. You'd be hard pressed to a better pick up for any team in baseball at the trade deadline, let alone at the deadline for waiver claims for players to be postseason eligible. He has been other worldly since joining the Royals. Seth Lugo back to the mound here in the bottom of the seventh inning and aaron Judge will be the man to lead things off and a fastball is called strike three. Got him looking and judge strikes out for the second time , make it nine on the night and that will bring to the plate. Austin Wells breaking ball live base hit center field to hit number three for the yanks tonight and the first Nola hit is fly to center struck out swinging, left handed batter runner at first two down the pitch and a swing and a miss and that's a strikeout make it 10 for Lugo seven scoreless innings on three hits. Strikeouts. What a night for Seth Lugo here in the Bronx. So with a single two changes are going to happen right here, Garcia will bat for mass who had two walks, a single and a stolen base and Tyrone Blanco is going to run for R and Blanco has another stolen base his 27th of the season. He's now in scoring position with nobody. Blanco was there first. He's safe, another steal his 28th stolen base of the season, 18 of them as a pinch runner, garcia goes the other way. That's deep to right and Soto makes the play on the track. So Blanco with a couple of stolen bases, two painful slides and now he scores on a sack fly and the Royals lead five Royals baseball right there. Top of the lineup due up for the Yankees, Glaber Torres, juan Soto and aaron Judge and the Royals are up five nothing three outs away from evening. This series at a game apiece called third strike one up, one down in the bottom of the ninth inning. The 13th strike out for Royals pitching tonight. Check swing pitch Lowe appeal to 30 win around strike three. John Schreiber fools juan Soto with a changeup back to back strikeouts in the bottom of the ninth inning and there are two outs. Judge hits it high in the air, shallow right field. Garcia angles out. Bam comes in. He's there makes a two hand catch and that's the ball game. The Royals blank, the Yankees five nothing in the Bronx to even the series at a game apiece seven shutout innings from Seth Lugo two scoreless innings with four strikeouts from the Royals bullpen.