New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals | Game Highlights (4/14/25)

And there's Cookie Carrasco towing the slab and the boogie down here tonight. See on the air numbers are rounding out, not so great so far, but he's got a great track record. The Yankees are really counting on him. Like a hundred games, so he was a run producer. Second walk of the inning for Carrasco, and Boone has come out and said this the last couple of days, we've got to cut down on the walks. The Yankees have been walking way too many people. Swing and a miss, got him on the change. Fly ball left field, Dominguez is there. Dominguez puts it away and that'll do it. So he pitches around the two walks as the Royals strand two. And here is Seth Lugo, and he is a tough customer off to a decent start once again. Hits sharply, and grabbed there by Massey on the backhand. And the 0-2. Swing and a miss. 93 mile an hour fastball, two away. Grounded to the third baseman Garcia. Had him played beautifully. And Lugo retires the Yankees in order, 1-2-3. Swing and a miss. Got him on the slider. Swing and a miss. On the change, Isbel down on strikes. Third strikeout for Carrasco. Driven deep to left field. Going back, Dominguez. Turning, looking, gone. Sia, home run for Witt. It's 1-0 Royals. Ground ball up the middle. It's through for a base hit for Judge. High fly ball. Right field. Bezier back on the track. Will make the play for the final out. That one is ripped to left field off the bat of Carras. Backing up. Instantly makes the play. Get extra base hit. All the way from the Royals catcher. Wow, these are the plays that he's going to have in his mind. And Bane gave him a little confidence. I mean, he heard so much about a defensive ability and left. With his speed and his athleticism, he could be a good outfielder. That's a great play. High fly ball. Right center field. Isbel on the run. On the track. At the wall. Leakes. Sia. A home run for Chisholm. Game tied at 1. Watch for the Eurostep, Coney. It's coming. Don't go for it. Jazz Chisholm. Sixth home run of the year. You know, the guy I'm looking for is Loaizaga. Yeah. Really helped that bullpen. They need another power arm down there. High pop-up. Shallow left. Here comes Dominguez. Makes the play. Four put-outs tonight for Jason Dominguez. Tipped into the glove of Wells. Well, they say it hit the ground. And now Wells tags Waters. And Waters is out. It wasn't a tip. It was just in the dirt. The way he tried to play it off at Wells. Asked. Tagged him out. Popped up on the left side. Long run for Dominguez. Gets there and makes the play. In foul territory. And the Royals go down in order. We're halfway through. It's 1-1. And a push punt. Rolls foul. High drive. Right field. Bezio. Sia. A low for Grisham. His fourth of the year. And the Yankees lead 2-1. Well, I tell you what. If you're Aaron Boone. You just play this hot streak. Because he is so good defensively. You get any kind of offense from him. And he is such a plus for the Yankees. Another great swing. And a bomb from Grisham. I think Stanton does somewhat the same thing. High fly ball. Right field. Bezio back. Sia. Home run for Rice. And the Yankees lead 3-1. Welcome back to Yankee Stadium. Coney. Ben Rice. He's been on fire. His fifth home run of the year. Here's Austin Wells. Drilled deep to right. Bombers. That was a loud line drive there. Austin Wells. His third of the year. Pretty nice outing for Carrasco. Just gave up the one hit. The Bobby Witt home run after a long at bat. Drilled to left field. Going back. Dominguez on the run. And he makes the play. A little leather and grace in this game for Jason Dominguez. Wow. Swing and a miss. There it is. Witt down on strikes. One two. Did he go? No. Said Junior Valentine. On the super shot. He went around. A strong inning. For Cruz. He cruises through the Royals. Swing and a miss. There's that splitter. Eighth game for Hill. Fast times in the Bronx. As he strikes out Garcia. To end the seven. Luke Weaver comes into the game. His sixth game. Soft ground ball Chisholm. And Weaver takes the throw to just get Biggio. Flying down the line. That's a really tough play. For Weaver because Goldschmidt left. Thinking he was going to have to get the ball. And then he was too late getting back. Thank goodness he got out of the way. Weaver was there. Popped up. There's Chisholm. Puts it away. For the final out. Line drive down the left field line. It is a basic. It goes to the wall. Putting it out there as Waters. Goldschmidt going for two. And he's in there with a double. So Bollinger takes over in left. And Devin Williams takes over on the mound. And that's looped into right field. It's a base hit for Witt. So he has both Royals hits. One two. Popped up. On the change. Cabrera. One out. And there's ball four. So that brings the tying run to the plate. One one. Popped up. Infield fly rule called. Goldschmidt makes the play. Two outs. High fly ball left field. Bollinger is there. And the Yankees win four to one. Four solo home runs. Great outing by Carrasco. The home bullpen does its job. Williams nails down the save. And the Yankees win the first game of this three game set.