Aaron Hicks celebrates with Brett Gardner after belting a three-run homer in the Yankees' 11-7 win on Wednesday night.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Watching the Yankees devour Royals pitching these last two nights, you get the feeling the slop-throwing Kei Igawa could return and post double-digit win totals.
Tuesday night the Yankees spanked Jason Hammel. Wednesday evening they punished Jason Vargas on the way to an 11-7 victory in front of 22,899 at Kauffman Stadium.
With CC Sabathia and Michael Pineda picking up wins against the worst hitting team (.226 batting average) in the American League, even the $46 million bust Igawa might have been able to bluff his way through five frames for a victory.