The Royals rallied to take a one-run lead in the eighth and seemed poised to salvage a series split and bounce back from back-to-back losses before it turned into a full-fledged losing streak.
Instead, the Yankees tied the game and sent it into extra innings where a Royals baserunning blunder squashed a potential opportunity in the top of the 10th, and the Royals bullpen couldn’t hold on in the bottom half as the Yankees came away with a 7-6 walk-off win in front of an announced 40,523 at Yankee Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
“Just the way the game had been going all day (and) to rally back for six in the eighth, obviously our emotions were high,” Royals outfielder Alex Gordon said.