Wednesday, August 31st, 2016 7:15PM CST
The New York Yankees earned a 5-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals Wednesday night, scoring the winning run in the thirteenth inning on a sacrifice fly hit by Brian McCann before Dellin Betances pitched a scoreless bottom half to secure the win.
Date: Wednesday, August 31st, 2016
Time: 7:15PM CST
Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 22,615
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
KC |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NYY |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

Doubles: Escobar (21, Cessa)
Home Runs: Morales (22, 1st inning off Cessa 1 on, 2 Out); Hosmer (19, 3rd inning off Cessa 0 on, 0 Out)
Runs Batted In: Morales 2 (63), Escobar (43), Hosmer (80)
2-out Runs Batted In: Morales 2
Sacrifice Hit: Dyson
Ground Into Double Play: Hosmer
Team Left On Base: 6
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 1-7 (Mondesi 0-1, Orlando 0-3, Escobar 1-2, Cuthbert 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Orlando 3; Cuthbert 2; Escobar 1

Pitcher Notes: Moylan pitched to 1 batter in the 8th;Young pitched to 2 batters in the 13th
Hit By Pitch: Pérez (By Parker)
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Kennedy 12-27; Alexander 3-5; Moylan 0-1; Flynn 0-1; Herrera 2-3; Pounders 2-6; Young 2-8; Strahm 1-4
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Kennedy 17-9-13-23; Alexander 4-1-2-5; Moylan 0-0-1-1; Flynn 0-0-2-0; Herrera 3-0-2-3; Pounders 6-4-6-4; Young 6-1-4-6; Strahm 2-2-3-2
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Kennedy 7-11; Alexander 3-1; Moylan 0-0; Flynn 0-1; Herrera 3-0; Pounders 1-3; Young 1-1; Strahm 1-1
Game Scores: I Kennedy 44

Errors: Cuthbert (14, ground ball); Orlando (4, throw)

Caught Stealing: Mondesi (1, 3rd base by Shreve)
Stolen Bases: Dyson (23, 2nd base off Cessa/Sánchez); Burns 2 (16, 2nd base off Parker/Sánchez, 3rd base off Parker/Sánchez)

Doubles: Sánchez (9, Kennedy); Castro (24, Young)
Home Runs: Castro (19, 6th inning off Kennedy 1 on, 2 Out)
Runs Batted In: Gregorius (61), Castro 2 (64), Ellsbury (46), McCann (51)
2-out Runs Batted In: Castro 2
Sacrifice Flies: McCann; Gregorius; Ellsbury
Team Left On Base: 11
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 1-10 (Sánchez 0-1, Hicks 0-1, Judge 0-2, Gardner 1-3, Teixeira 0-3)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Teixeira 3; Gardner 2

Wild Pitches: Cessa
Intentional Walks: Ellsbury (By Young); Headley (By Strahm)
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Cessa 15-26; Shreve 2-6; Layne 0-1; Warren 1-2; Parker 3-8; Heller 2-3; Betances 1-3
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Cessa 16-7-10-22; Shreve 2-5-6-2; Layne 1-0-0-1; Warren 0-0-1-2; Parker 6-4-5-4; Heller 2-1-2-3; Betances 2-1-0-2
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Cessa 8-8; Shreve 2-0; Layne 0-1; Warren 0-2; Parker 2-3; Heller 3-0; Betances 2-1
Game Scores: L Cessa 47

Double Plays: 1 (Betances-Gregorius-Teixeira)
Errors: Headley (10, ground ball)

Stolen Bases: Headley (5, 2nd base off Young/Butera)
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