Here comes the… shadow.

“Don’t celebrate too early,” Kansas City leader Maikel Garcia wrote on X Monday night, hours after his Royals defeated the Yankees in Game 2 of the ALDS.

The celebration(s) in question belonged to Carlos Rodón, the Yankees’ $162 million man and starting pitcher on Monday night.

Rodón came out of the gate excited, to say the least. In the top of the first inning, he struck out – Garcia, Bobby Witt Jr. and Vinnie Pasquantino – on 12 pitches.

With each successive strikeout, the celebration became a little more emphatic: There was a bit of jumping around on the mound, some “did you see that” head shaking, and a lot of what sounded like yelling – by a rowdy Bronx. the crowd drowned out much of it.

At the end of the match there was little left to celebrate.

The Royals chased Rodón from the game in the fourth inning.

After giving up a leadoff homerun to Salvador Pérez in the fourth inning, the Yankees starter was tagged for two more runs on three hits.

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Ian Hamilton came on in relief and faced Garcia with one on and two off; the Royal jumped on the first pitch he saw and hit a slider into right field to score Kansas City’s fourth and final run of the night.

Garcia finished the game 4-for-5, with an RBI and a stolen base.

Rodón’s stat line was less flattering: 3 2/3 innings pitched, seven hits, four earned runs.

The Royals held the Yankees to two runs on seven hits. Angel Zerpa, who came in relief in the bottom of the fifth, picked up the win.

With the series tied at one, the teams will face off in a crucial Game 3 on Wednesday night. First pitch is scheduled for 7:08 p.m.