The Kansas City Royals fell to 69-63 bylosing 5-4 on Tuesday night. They fall to 6.5 games behind AL Central leading Cleveland. Kansas City also lost ground to the Orioles for the second AL wild card dropping to 3.0 games back. The New York Yankees improved to 68-63 and pulled to 6.5 games behind the Blue Jays in the AL East.
The teams endured a nearly one hour rain delay and played past mid-night into extra innings. The KC Royals force the Yankees into bonus frames despite getting outhit 14 to 7.
Edinson Volquez wobbled through 3.