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    Yankees vs Kansas City Royals live score, updates, lineups for ALDS Game 3

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    KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Greetings from Kauffman Stadium, on a beautiful evening for a crucial Game 3 of this best-of-five AL Division Series, with the Royals and Yankees tied at one game.

    Eric Hosmer, hero of the 2015 world champion Royals, just threw out the ceremonial first pitch. The game time temperature is a beautiful 81 degrees. And here we go…

    One and done (in the 8th)

    Aaron Boone clearly loved the matchup between Tommy Kahnle and Michael Massey, who struck after a Kahnle substitution to open the Royal eighth…

    …and here comes Luke Weaver, trying to make a five-out save at Kauffman Stadium. First of all, Bobby Witt Jr.

    Not yet, Luc

    OK, instead of going to Luke Weaver now, with the top of the Royals order in sight and six outs to go for a Game 3 win, Boone sticks with Kahnle to start the eighth.

    Weaver was warming up and probably ready. Let’s see how it goes…

    Giancarlo takes over

    Stanton just hit a 3-1 pitch from lefty Kris Bubic 450 feet over the left-center field wall, and it’s 3-2 Yankees here in the eighth.

    When healthy, Stanton has done his best for the postseason as a Yankee, and he’s 3-for-4 tonight with a double, a STOLEN BASE, and now a go-ahead homer in a big spot.

    Aaron Judge vs. Brady Singer

    A big moment for Aaron Judge is coming up.

    Juan Soto worked a two-out walk, and now in comes Royals starter-who-reliever-in-the-ALDS-Brady Singer…

    And Judge gets a full strike at first base on appeal – crew chief Mark Carlson said he went too far.

    Ready to go to first base, Judge shook his head ruefully, Aaron Boone was fuming in the dugout and the Yankees captain is now 1-for-11 with zero RBI in this series.

    Clay performance

    Clay Holmes likes setup work.

    Holmes retired four of the five Royals he faced (Bobby Witt Jr. walked) and was not scored on again in four innings as he played in all three ALDS games thus far. Still 2-2 after six.

    Giancarlo Stanton just stole second base

    No, it’s not a rule from 2014.

    They didn’t pay attention to him (who would?) and Stanton (2-for-3) easily hit his first base of the year, giving the Yanks a runner in scoring position with two outs and putting Volpe ahead in the sixth .

    Since Opening Day of 2019, Stanton had one stolen base in two attempts until tonight. Regardless, reliever John Schreiber and the Royals kept the Yanks off the board.

    New ball game, new Yankees pitcher

    KC has tied the score at 2-2 in the fifth, and here comes Clay Holmes, replacing Clarke Schmidt. Okay, should Holmes have been in the bat sooner to face the Royals’ top order?

    After a two-out infield single by Adam Frazier and an RBI double by No. 9 hitter Kyle Isbel off the left field corner wall, fine, Holmes was warming up.

    Boone stuck with Schmidt, who surrendered a tying RBI triple to main man Michael Massey, past the diving attempt of Juan Soto, who is not a Gold Glover in right.

    Brand new game, and they’ve gotten loud here at Kauffman. And somewhere on the suite level, in a Royals jersey, Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes is cheering like crazy.

    Are we That much closer to a Subway Series?

    How about those Mets slay another dragon and advance to the NLCS!

    And here in KC, the Yanks have a 2-0 lead on a bases-loaded sacrifice fly by Juan Soto.

    Royals starter Seth Lugo lost the plate and gave up walks to Oswaldo Cabrera (2nd walk of the game) and Gleyber Torres (5th walk of the series) on a lead-off Anthony Volpe single, leading Soto .

    With runners on the corners, Aaron Judge flied out to end the inning. He is 1-for-10 in the ALDS, Bobby Witt Jr. is 0 out of 12.

    Yankees strike first

    With two outs in the fourth, Giancarlo Stanton doubled off the left-center field wall to score Juan Soto (walk) for a 1-0 lead.

    Since that great start on September 10 by Seth Lugo at Yankee Stadium, it is the Yanks’ first run off Lugo in the last 10.2 innings.

    Wrong… or fair by a blade of grass?

    Third inning and already a controversial decision. Make it two controversial calls, as Gleyber Torres’ right strike was misjudged on the field and backed up by the referees in the video room.

    Only: the ball power hit a few blades of white chalk-lined grass — that’s what Aaron Boone and the Yankees dugout felt, and it could have meant a run, with Oswaldo Cabrera scoring from first base.

    Regardless, the Royals faithful cheered the “wrong” call and Torres gave them another scare: They flew to the right field warning track. Still scoreless as we go to the third KC.

    And we have referees on the field

    By the way, they add foul line umps in the postseason for this reason (it’s Ryan Blakney who’s right tonight), but how many times have we seen missed calls at all?

    One reference: See Garcia, Richie and Derek Jeter’s ’96 ALCS Jeffrey Maier homer.

    Clarke Schmidt is going to be difficult

    After Yuli Gurriel just missed a solo homer with one out and settled for a double from the left field wall, Clarke Schmidt struck out MJ Melendez with a swing to a curveball and got Maikel Garcia (4 hits in Game 2) to ground out , ending the second. collection.

    All that cheering for Jazz

    Royals fans weren’t crazy about Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s statement. “they got lucky” after Kansas City’s Game 2 win.

    The sold-out crowd heavily cheered the pregame introduction and his at-bat debut, booing him for every pitch — until they cheered his groundout, ending the Yanks’ second inning.

    First inning noise, but nothing else

    After drawing a walk to start Games 1 and 2, Gleyber Torres went after Seth Lugo’s first pitch and grounded out, sending Juan Soto flying into center field and Aaron Judge – again looking for an October line drive – made a line drive after a nice jumping grab. Bobby Witt Jr.

    Here at the K, the “MV-P” chants are for Witt Jr., who electrified the crowd by flying into right field against Clarke Schmidt. Witt Jr. is now 0-for-11 in the ALDS.

    Yankees’ Game 3 lineup: Oswaldo Cabrera is back

    Manager Aaron Boone has made a minor lineup adjustment for a Game 3, returning Oswaldo Cabrera to first base.

    That creates more left-right balance against right-hander Seth Lugo of Kansas City, who did a number on the Yanks on September 10 (7 IP, 0 ER, 3 H, 0 BB, 10 K).

    “I thought about it a little bit, but I felt like (Cabrera) was the right guy for today,” Boone said. So Jon Berti – who handled first base well in Game 2 – was on the bench.

    Clarke Schmidt will get the ball for his first-ever playoff start (he made three postseason appearances in relief in 2022), and Luis Gil is in line for length after Schmidt, if necessary.

    “Yeah, he’s really confident,” Boone said of Schmidt. “But he’s really good.”

    1. Gleyber Torres, 2B
    2. Juan Soto, RF
    3. Aaron Judge, CF
    4. Austin Wells, C
    5. Giancarlo Stanton, DH
    6. Jazz Chisholm Jr., 3B
    7. Anthony Volpe, SS
    8. Oswaldo Cabrera, 1B
    9. Alex Verdugo, L.F

    Looking ahead to match 4

    For Wednesday night’s Game 4, it’s a Game 1 rematch between KC’s Gerrit Cole and Michael Wacha.

    Cole said he wants to “tighten up on some of the things that hurt” in his previous start, when he yielded four runs (three earned) in five innings.

    “(I) want to continue to be as efficient as possible and give our team the best chance to win.”

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