The Kansas City Royals improved to 69-62 bywinning 8-5 on Monday night. They remain 5.5 games behind AL Central leading Cleveland. Kansas City gained a game to pull within 2.0 games behind the Orioles for the second AL wild card. The New York Yankees fell to 67-63 and dropped to 7.5 games behind the Blue Jays in the AL East.
The KC Royals hung three runs on Yankee starter Michael Pineda in the first inning. Jarrod Dyson opened the inning with an infield single and stole second base.