Royals Salvador Perez, Hunter Dozier and Rosell Herrera each hit solo home runs in Sunday’s series finale at Yankee Stadium. But after knocking 23 hits in Saturday’s doubleheader, the Royals were unable to generate much offense. They lost to the Yankees 6-3.
Rule 5 acquisition Burch Smith, making his fourth start since taking Jason Hammel’s turn in the rotation this month, allowed three walks and a home run to Aaron Hicks in four-plus innings of work. If not for the assistance of new Royals outfielder Brett Phillips — he snagged an Austin Romine flyball at the wall to strand two runners in the fourth — the final damage on Smith might have been worse.