NEW YORK -- Mark Teixeira failed to get in on the fun on Monday. He made up for it a night later.
Teixeira homered and drove in four runs, Adam Warren pitched two-hit ball into the seventh inning and the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 5-1 Tuesday to send the AL champions to their first three-game skid this season.
Teixeira was the only Yankees' starter without a hit during their 14-1 rout of Kansas City on Monday, which stopped a six-game losing streak. He had two important extra-base hits as New York won consecutive games for the first time since May 10-11.
"You want to back up a win like yesterday with another good performance," Teixeira said. "Fourteen runs is nice, but if you lose the next night, you're kind of back to where you started. Getting two in a row was big for us."
Warren (3-3) was perfect until Mike Moustakas beat out a hit to second baseman Stephen Drew on the outfield grass in right-center with one out in the fourth. The only other hit he allowed was Paulo Orlando's first major league homer in the sixth.
Lifted after 6 1/3 innings, Warren struck out five without walking a batter in the best of his 12 big league starts. He's pitched at least 6 1/3 innings in each of his last three starts.
"I feel like I'm getting more comfortable in this role," Warren said. "I feel like I'm starting to get on a roll a bit, and I'm starting to get more confidence out there and I feel like I can get deeper in games."
Teixeira connected off Jason Vargas (3-2) for a two-run shot in the first -- giving the Yankees 10 first-inning runs against Kansas City in the series -- and doubled in two more in the fifth against Joe Blanton. The switch-hitter has more homers (14) than singles this year (13).
Teixeira advanced to third on the double when center fielder Lorenzo Cain bobbled the ball for an error and scored on Chase Headley's sacrifice fly, caught by Gold Glover Alex Gordon with a tumbling catch on the sinking liner.
Cain made a leaping catch in front of the wall for the third out of the inning, and Teixeira stood in the dugout with his hand on his head and mouth agape, stunned.
Vargas was activated off the disabled list to make the start, taking the spot of Danny Duffy, who went on the DL Monday with biceps tendinitis. Vargas was on a 75-pitch limit and manager Ned Yost stuck to it, pulling the left-hander after four innings, one pitch over the set ceiling. He struck out six and gave up four hits in his first outing since May 5.
I thought coming back off the DL, he was pretty darn sharp," Yost said. "Just one pitch, he tried to go down and away and it kind of ran back middle-middle to Teixeira. But six punch-outs in four innings, he threw the ball really well."
Vargas has not beaten the Yankees in eight starts and nine appearances, dropping to 0-5.
Yankees reliever Dellin Betances extended his streak of not allowing a hit to 31 batters by striking out the side in the eighth. He's walked two and yielded a sacrifice fly in the run.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: Ace Masahiro Tanaka (wrist tendinitis and forearm strain) is set for his second rehab start for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday. Manager Joe Girardi says, "You want to hear his stuff was sharp and he feels comfortable the next day."
UP NEXT
Royals: Princeton graduate Chris Young, who turned 36 Monday, will take his 0.78 ERA, lowest among all pitchers with at least 30 innings, into his second start against the Yankees and Michael Pineda in less than two weeks. Young allowed a run and four hits in 5 2/3 innings against New York.
Yankees: Pineda has been hit hard in his two starts since striking out 16 against Baltimore on May 10. He allowed five runs and 10 hits in 5 1/3 innings against the Royals in Kansas City.
WALKING FOR A CAUSE
Former naval officer and retired school teacher Richard Albero completed an approximately 1,150-mile walk in honor of his nephew Gary Albero, who died during the attacks of 9/11, and the Wounded Warrior Project, with a stomp on home plate before the game. Albero began his journey on March 2 at the Yankees' spring training home in Tampa, Florida. He raised about $27,000 along the way and the Yankees chipped in another $25,000 Tuesday.
BALL TRICK
After Orlando homered a fan threw a ball back onto the field, but it was a batting practice ball. Still, Orlando was able to trade a batting glove, a bat and some signed balls for the real one once the game was over.
PLATE DISCIPLINE
Betances is just the second pitcher to strike out the side in order against Kansas City this season. Jered Weaver did it April 11.
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Teixeira homered and drove in four runs, Adam Warren pitched two-hit ball into the seventh inning and the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 5-1 Tuesday to send the AL champions to their first three-game skid this season.
Teixeira was the only Yankees' starter without a hit during their 14-1 rout of Kansas City on Monday, which stopped a six-game losing streak. He had two important extra-base hits as New York won consecutive games for the first time since May 10-11.
"You want to back up a win like yesterday with another good performance," Teixeira said. "Fourteen runs is nice, but if you lose the next night, you're kind of back to where you started. Getting two in a row was big for us."
Warren (3-3) was perfect until Mike Moustakas beat out a hit to second baseman Stephen Drew on the outfield grass in right-center with one out in the fourth. The only other hit he allowed was Paulo Orlando's first major league homer in the sixth.
Lifted after 6 1/3 innings, Warren struck out five without walking a batter in the best of his 12 big league starts. He's pitched at least 6 1/3 innings in each of his last three starts.
"I feel like I'm getting more comfortable in this role," Warren said. "I feel like I'm starting to get on a roll a bit, and I'm starting to get more confidence out there and I feel like I can get deeper in games."
Teixeira connected off Jason Vargas (3-2) for a two-run shot in the first -- giving the Yankees 10 first-inning runs against Kansas City in the series -- and doubled in two more in the fifth against Joe Blanton. The switch-hitter has more homers (14) than singles this year (13).
Teixeira advanced to third on the double when center fielder Lorenzo Cain bobbled the ball for an error and scored on Chase Headley's sacrifice fly, caught by Gold Glover Alex Gordon with a tumbling catch on the sinking liner.
Cain made a leaping catch in front of the wall for the third out of the inning, and Teixeira stood in the dugout with his hand on his head and mouth agape, stunned.
Vargas was activated off the disabled list to make the start, taking the spot of Danny Duffy, who went on the DL Monday with biceps tendinitis. Vargas was on a 75-pitch limit and manager Ned Yost stuck to it, pulling the left-hander after four innings, one pitch over the set ceiling. He struck out six and gave up four hits in his first outing since May 5.
I thought coming back off the DL, he was pretty darn sharp," Yost said. "Just one pitch, he tried to go down and away and it kind of ran back middle-middle to Teixeira. But six punch-outs in four innings, he threw the ball really well."
Vargas has not beaten the Yankees in eight starts and nine appearances, dropping to 0-5.
Yankees reliever Dellin Betances extended his streak of not allowing a hit to 31 batters by striking out the side in the eighth. He's walked two and yielded a sacrifice fly in the run.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: Ace Masahiro Tanaka (wrist tendinitis and forearm strain) is set for his second rehab start for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday. Manager Joe Girardi says, "You want to hear his stuff was sharp and he feels comfortable the next day."
UP NEXT
Royals: Princeton graduate Chris Young, who turned 36 Monday, will take his 0.78 ERA, lowest among all pitchers with at least 30 innings, into his second start against the Yankees and Michael Pineda in less than two weeks. Young allowed a run and four hits in 5 2/3 innings against New York.
Yankees: Pineda has been hit hard in his two starts since striking out 16 against Baltimore on May 10. He allowed five runs and 10 hits in 5 1/3 innings against the Royals in Kansas City.
WALKING FOR A CAUSE
Former naval officer and retired school teacher Richard Albero completed an approximately 1,150-mile walk in honor of his nephew Gary Albero, who died during the attacks of 9/11, and the Wounded Warrior Project, with a stomp on home plate before the game. Albero began his journey on March 2 at the Yankees' spring training home in Tampa, Florida. He raised about $27,000 along the way and the Yankees chipped in another $25,000 Tuesday.
BALL TRICK
After Orlando homered a fan threw a ball back onto the field, but it was a batting practice ball. Still, Orlando was able to trade a batting glove, a bat and some signed balls for the real one once the game was over.
PLATE DISCIPLINE
Betances is just the second pitcher to strike out the side in order against Kansas City this season. Jered Weaver did it April 11.
7:05PM,EDT,May 26,2015
Yankee Stadium, New York, New York
Yankee Stadium, New York, New York
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Kansas City - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Warren pitching for New York | KC | NYY |
| Escobar grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Moustakas grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Cain struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Jason Vargas pitching for Kansas City | KC | NYY |
| Gardner struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Young struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Rodriguez walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Teixeira homered to left center (421 feet), Rodriguez scored. | 0 | 2 |
| Headley struck out looking. | 0 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Adam Warren pitching for New York | KC | NYY |
| Hosmer struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| K. Morales struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Gordon flied out to left. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jason Vargas pitching for Kansas City | KC | NYY |
| Beltrán flied out to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Drew struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Murphy grounded out to third. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Adam Warren pitching for New York | KC | NYY |
| Pérez struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Infante grounded out to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Orlando grounded out to second. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jason Vargas pitching for Kansas City | KC | NYY |
| Gregorius fouled out to catcher. | 0 | 2 |
| Gardner safe at first on error by second baseman Infante. | 0 | 2 |
| Young struck out looking. | 0 | 2 |
| Rodriguez singled to left center, Gardner to third. | 0 | 2 |
| Teixeira popped out to second. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Adam Warren pitching for New York | KC | NYY |
| Escobar grounded out to third. | 0 | 2 |
| Moustakas singled to shallow right center. | 0 | 2 |
| Cain lined out to left. | 0 | 2 |
| Hosmer grounded out to third. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jason Vargas pitching for Kansas City | KC | NYY |
| Headley grounded out to third. | 0 | 2 |
| Beltrán singled to left. | 0 | 2 |
| Drew struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Murphy singled to left, Beltrán to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Gregorius grounded out to third. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Adam Warren pitching for New York | KC | NYY |
| K. Morales flied out to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Gordon flied out to left. | 0 | 2 |
| Pérez struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Joe Blanton pitching for Kansas City | KC | NYY |
| Blanton relieved Vargas. | 0 | 2 |
| Gardner flied out to left. | 0 | 2 |
| Young reached on infield single to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| Rodriguez singled to right, Young to third. | 0 | 2 |
| Teixeira doubled to deep right center, Young and Rodriguez scored, Teixeira to third on error by center fielder Cain. | 0 | 4 |
| Headley hit sacrifice fly to left, Teixeira scored. | 0 | 5 |
| Beltrán flied out to center. | 0 | 5 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Adam Warren pitching for New York | KC | NYY |
| Young in right field. | 0 | 5 |
| Heathcott in center field. | 0 | 5 |
| Infante flied out to right. | 0 | 5 |
| Orlando homered to right (371 feet). | 1 | 5 |
| Escobar flied out to right. | 1 | 5 |
| Moustakas grounded out to third. | 1 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Joe Blanton pitching for Kansas City | KC | NYY |
| Drew grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 5 |
| Murphy struck out looking. | 1 | 5 |
| Gregorius popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Adam Warren pitching for New York | KC | NYY |
| Cain flied out to right. | 1 | 5 |
| Wilson relieved Warren. | 1 | 5 |
| Hosmer grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 5 |
| K. Morales singled to right. | 1 | 5 |
| Gordon lined out to second. | 1 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Kelvin Herrera pitching for Kansas City | KC | NYY |
| Herrera relieved Blanton. | 1 | 5 |
| Gardner walked. | 1 | 5 |
| Young struck out swinging. | 1 | 5 |
| Rodriguez lined out to left. | 1 | 5 |
| Teixeira lined out to shortstop. | 1 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Dellin Betances pitching for New York | KC | NYY |
| Betances relieved Wilson. | 1 | 5 |
| Pérez struck out swinging. | 1 | 5 |
| Infante struck out swinging. | 1 | 5 |
| Orlando struck out swinging. | 1 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Wade Davis pitching for Kansas City | KC | NYY |
| Davis relieved Herrera. | 1 | 5 |
| Headley walked. | 1 | 5 |
| Heathcott lined out to left. | 1 | 5 |
| Drew flied out to left. | 1 | 5 |
| Murphy flied out to right. | 1 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Andrew Miller pitching for New York | KC | NYY |
| Miller relieved Betances. | 1 | 5 |
| Escobar flied out to right. | 1 | 5 |
| Moustakas singled to center. | 1 | 5 |
| Cain grounded into fielder's choice to third, Moustakas safe at second on error by third baseman Headley. | 1 | 5 |
| Hosmer struck out swinging. | 1 | 5 |
| K. Morales flied out to right. | 1 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Kansas City Royals | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Escobar SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .270 | .308 | .358 |
| Moustakas 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .331 | .385 | .482 |
| Cain CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .298 | .347 | .416 |
| Hosmer 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .305 | .378 | .511 |
| K. Morales DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .301 | .361 | .489 |
| Gordon LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .266 | .369 | .441 |
| Pérez C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .297 | .309 | .449 |
| Infante 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .245 | .255 | .350 |
| Orlando RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .250 | .284 | .394 |
| Totals | 32 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 128 | |||
| BATTING HR: Orlando (1, 6th inning off Warren 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: Orlando (7) Royals RISP: 0-2 (K. Morales 0-1, Hosmer 0-1) Team LOB: 4 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Infante (3, ground ball); Cain (3, bobble) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Yankee Stadium, New York, NY |
| Attendance | 33,414 (67.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:31 |
| Weather | 77 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 18 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Marty Foster, First Base - Mike Muchlinski, Second Base - Mike Winters, Third Base - Mark Wegner |
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