The Yankees themselves probably didn’t care too much that they happened to be making their debut on Apple’s Friday Night Baseball series tonight. Nonetheless, if new audiences were tuning in, they got to immediately see why the team’s longtime nickname is “The Bronx Bombers.” The game was cut short after eight innings because of vicious rain in Kansas City, but it was still enough for the Yankees to slug four homers in a 12-2 victory over the Royals. They’ve now won seven in a row and are suddenly a very nice 14-6 on the season.
DJ LeMahieu smashed an opposite-field double on the third pitch of the game, and after Aaron Judge narrowly missed an RBI on a diving catch in center by Michael A.