Lugo's er A went up to 2.13 after giving up five runs last time out a week ago tonight in Cleveland. But still, when you look at his overall numbers second in the league in innings pitched leading the league in wins and fourth in the league in er, A for Anthony Volpe who leads off for the Yankees bare hands and throws in time and here is juan Soto. We know how much Yankee fans missed him over the weekend. Such a durable star, hated being out of the lineup back in there today as the DH Soto hits it hard up the middle of base hit juan Soto in the first at bat of his return. Torres slides up to the three hole tonight. Torres smashes that to right. A base hit the Yankees set up 1st and 2nd 1 out as SOTO just gets back with win trailing the play and SOTO in there safely. So back to back singles and up comes alex Verdugo. The payoff is a base hit off the glove of win trickles into left field. Soto will score on to third goes. Torres hits an RB I single for Verdugo and the Yankees an early lead. The Yankees 10 lead chance for more. Top of the first inning runners at the corners one away for dj lays down a bunt. Beautifully, torres will score and the Yankees take a two nothing lead on the safety squeeze from dj. Set up. You look where the third baseman garcia set up the first baseman Perez. He's way behind the first base bag. He's holding on the runner, but he'll go back and this is just a perfect bunt and a great jump by torres over a third and there's the numbers on Carlos Rodon this year. He's been great. You know what a difference a year makes for him. And the numbers eight and two low, er, a, the home runs walks are down, the strikeouts aren't there, but he's getting deep in the game and he will deal to Garcia right center field. It's Jamai Jones on the run towards right center, a late slide, but holds it in with that left hand to retire garcia for the first out of the first inning. Well, he's already better than last year because he got no outs last year and Jammi Jones, it's a little tough out there because he's standing in the sun and as he's running in the shade start , so you're, you're trying to find a ball, you're standing in the sunshine and when you catch it you're in the shape smoked into center Grisham played it smoothly. Two down chop to third. Cabrera picks the hop and a 123 bottom of the first for carlos Rodon two nothing yanks after one Seth Lugo had a little bit of a quicker second inning, just 12 pitches and faced the minimum leading off Anthony Volpe. Hold on the ground to garcia is 0 to 2. Juan Soto took the count to 3 to 2 and singled to center in his first at bat and scored one of the two. Yankee runs past the mound and Garcia cuts in front of junior. That's an easy play for him breaking ball over the inner edge called strike three. Lugo got him looking with the slur his first strikeout of the evening closes out a 1 to 2 to 3 top of the third inning as Rodin will face 789 in the Royals orders, Hunter Renfroe on the 12th pitch 98 down the middle and Carlos Rodon fired up after winning that battle with Renfroe. Here's Tyrone Blanco swing and a miss again just said, here's the heater and Blanco eaten up by it. Two straight strikeouts on fastballs from Rodon. That's smoke to right field. Jones on the run gets there to make the catch a little style hop as well. Nice play by Jamai Jones to end a 123 3rd for carlos Rodon who's faced the minimum through three DJ LeMahieu sacrificed bunt brought home another LeMahieu rips that into left center a base hit for DJ LeMahieu. Frank Grisham might have got him clipped there and he's reaching down to take that guard off near that right foot and Grisham did get hit. He'll take first. It'll be two on one out for the yanks in the fourth leading two. Nothing bunts it towards third. A good one. Garcia charges bare hand throw, got him barely. Oh, what a play by garcia but a beautiful sacrifice bunt from Jamai Jones puts runners on 2nd and 3rd with two away for the Yanks drive base hit field scores. Here comes Grisham. He will score. It's a two out two run single from Jose Trevino and the Yankee lead is 4 to 0. Just received. Word that Hunter Renfroe left the game after the bottom of the fourth inning with a fractured left big toe. He fouled a ball off of his left big toe twice in one at bat bottom five at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri Yankees a 40 lead and carlos Rodon faced the minimum through four, only baserunner for the Royals. Nick Lofton hit by a pitch in the second that was erased by a double play. Nelson Velasquez leads off inning number five against lefty carlos Rodon. So the Royals have their first hit off Rodon tonight to lead off the fifth. Here's Nick Lofton crack back and that is a fair ball and safe at first base. Tough spot for a third baseman. Do you go for it or do you realize I have no chance and try to let it spin foul? It looked like from up here that that ball was eventually going to spin foul back to back hits by Velazquez and Lofton and Freddie Fermin grounded to short could be another double play to second for one on to first. He is a 643, double play two down. Now in the fifth in the air to shallow left Verdugo in inning over two on nobody out and Carlos Rodon out of trouble, the Royals go down in order for the fourth time in six innings tonight. Six scoreless for Rodon. We go to the seventh. The Royals trail the Yankees for Bobby Wood Junior leads off against lefty Carlos Rodon. Sky down the right field line. Jones did the foul ground makes the catch Salvador Perez jammed and it's up the left field line. Verdugo won't get there is on with one out. It has been one of the quietest nights for the Royals offense so far this season, especially for a home game. The Royals have the best home offense in all of baseball ground ball right side and that's, and the Royals have two on with two out. And here's a very motivated hitter, Freddie Fermin, he is 0 to 2 and he's grounded into two double plays base hit center field. Here comes Salvi around third and the throw home will be cut off. Freddie Fermin delivers a two out RB I single and it's now 4 to 1 lefty hitting Melendez up and so Rodon will face him with 1st and 2nd 2 out Royals knocking in their first run of the night grounded softly up the middle. Torres ranges right charges on the run got him. Torres makes the play and carlos Rodon bears down to complete another spectacular night, seven innings of one run ball for Rodon with two strikeouts in the inning for Hamilton who will now face Bobby Witt Junior who's zero for three tonight grounded third. That's a fair ball. It is 42 and Bobby Witt Junior is at second base with a two out RB I double. So Salvador Perez will step to the plate. He represents the time last swing. Did he go? Yes, he did. Hamilton strikes out the side and strands Bobby Wood Junior, here's Melendez who hit a game time two run homer in the ninth yesterday, Royals down to their last out. He got the throw down to first to finish it up and Michael Tonkin with his second career save as the Yankees win this opener, 42 the final.
