If DJ LeMahieu knew he was going to get ejected for the first time in his career Friday night, perhaps he would have gotten his money’s worth.

Kansas City Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino gets brutally honest about his team's struggles against the New York Yankees.

Pablo Reyes stumbled, stopped and still scrambled home safely on a wild play in the eighth inning, taking advantage of a throwing error by reliever Lucas Erceg to give the New York Yankees a 1-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals.

After simulating every MLB game 10,000 times, the SportsLine Projection Model has identified the three best pitcher strikeout props for Thursday's eight-game schedule

The Yankees received positive news that second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. was being active prior to their game against Boston.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. appears to have dodged another bullet on the injury front, but the mounting number of nagging issues is giving him a headache.

Pablo Reyes scored the only run of the game after he stumbled heading for home, got up and slid safely into home on a poor throw to the plate.

The error proved costly. The Yankees held on for a 1-0 victory and swept the Royals at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals have now lost eight consecutive games to New York since their ALDS matchup last October.

Yankees southpaw Ryan Yarbrough tossed 4.2 innings of one-run ball on Friday, and the rest of the bullpen held up before fellow southpaw Tim Hill gave up the walk-off hit to Narvaez. Joshua Valdez covers the NBA, WNBA and MLB for Athlon Sports.

KANSAS CITY — It was about a week ago when Yankees captain Aaron Judge was approached by manager Aaron Boone about picking a day to sit out a game for the first time this season.