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Aaron Judge and Ben Rice homered off Cole Ragans in the opening two innings, and the host New York Yankees continued their dominance against the Kansas City Royals with a 7-0 victory Sunday.<\/p>\n
Austin Wells contributed a sacrifice fly as the Yankees won their 10th straight regular-season game against Kansas City. New York also is 11-0 against the Royals since a 6-5 loss in Game 2 of the 2024 American Legion Division Series.<\/p>\n
Following a nearly three-hour rain delay, the Yankees finished off the three-game sweep by quickly gaining a lead.<\/p>\n
Judge hit a two-run homer on a first-pitch curveball following a walk by Rice, who batted leadoff for the first time this season after starting 21 games there last season. Judge\u2019s 425-footer onto the netting above Monument Park was his MLB-best ninth homer and sixth in eighth games.<\/p>\n
After Wells\u2019 sacrifice fly later in the first, Rice gave the Yankees a 4-0 lead in the second when he belted a 0-1 fastball into the right field seats. It was Rice\u2019s fourth straight game with a homer, his eight of the season and his third off a left-handed pitcher.<\/p>\n
Trent Grisham added a three-run homer in the fifth when he parked a 1-0 fastball into the right field seats for a 7-0 lead. Cody Bellinger opened that inning with a double on a ball that landed in between left fielder Issac Collins and shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., and Paul Goldschmidt walked to set up Grisham\u2019s homer.<\/p>\n
Ryan Weathers (1-2) showed better fastball command after allowing three of his four homers on the pitch in Tuesday\u2019s 7-1 loss to the Los Angeles Angels. Weathers scattered five hits in 7\u2153 innings Sunday, striking out eight and walking one in his first win as a Yankee.<\/p>\n
The Yankees outscored the Royals 20-4 in the final two games of the series after Ryan McMahon\u2019s two-run homer in the eighth gave them a 4-2 win Friday.<\/p>\n
Ragans (0-4) tied a career-worst seven runs allowed in 4\u2153 innings. Ragans also issued a career-high eight walks and yielded four hits while throwing six strikeouts.<\/p>\n
The Royals saw their losing streak reach seven games. Kansas City also lost for the 10th time in 12 games and were blanked for the third time this season.<\/p>\n
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