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Destroyed. Struck. Gutted. Whatever word one wants to use to categorize what the New York Yankees did to the Kansas Royals on Tuesday night is accurate.
What did the Yankees do? They scored 15 runs and 24 hits, but there are many more nuggets, some historic, from the 15-1 victory. Here’s the Yankees’ Tuesday night offensive display by the numbers:
2A: For the first time in franchise history, each of the Yankees’ nine starters had at least two hits.
2B: Third baseman Amed Rosario hit two home runs.
3: The Yankees had five players who had at least three hits: Rosario, center fielder Trent Grisham, designated hitter Ben Rice, shortstop Anthony Volpe and catcher Austin Wells.
4A: The number of hits that Rosario had.
4B: The Yankees had three players reach base four times: Rosario, Rice and three-time American League MVP Aaron Judge.
4C: The number of players who drove in at least two runs: Rosario, Volpe and outfielders Cody Bellinger and Trent Grisham.
4D: New York scored four runs in two of the first three innings (first and third innings).
4E: The number of doubles the Yankees had.
5A: The number of walks they drew.
5B: New York only had five strikeouts.
6: The number of home runs hit by the Yankees: Rosario (two), Volpe, Grisham, Bellinger and second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr.
7A: The number of runs they drove in with two outs.
7B: The number of baserunners New York pitchers gave up; Starter Cam Schlittler recorded six strikeouts and allowed just one run and four runners (four hits) in six innings, while left-hander Ryan Yarbrough allowed no runs and three runners (two hits and one walk) in three innings.
8A: Eight of New York’s nine starters drove in at least one run.
8B: Eight of the Yankees’ nine starters scored a run. Surprisingly, the only starter who didn’t score was Judge.
15: The number of runs they scored.
24: The number of hits the Yankees totaled.
46: New York accumulated 46 bases in total.
