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Destroyed. Thumb joint. Taken from the intestine. Whatever word you want to use to categorize what the New York Yankees did against the Kansas Royals on Tuesday night is accurate.
What did the Yankees do? They scored 15 runs on 24 hits, but there are many more nuggets — some historic — from the 15-1 victory. Here’s the Yankees’ offense Tuesday night by the numbers:
2A: For the first time in franchise history, each of the Yankees’ nine starters had at least two hits.
2B: Third baseman Amed Rosario hit two home runs.
3: The Yankees had five players tally at least three hits: Rosario, center fielder Trent Grisham, designated hitter Ben Rice, shortstop Anthony Volpe and catcher Austin Wells.
4A: The number of hits that Rosario had.
4B: The Yankees had three players reach base four times: Rosario, Rice and three-time American League MVP Aaron Judge.
4C: Number of players who drove in at least two runs: Rosario, Volpe and outfielders Cody Bellinger and Trent Grisham.
4D: New York scored four runs in two of the first three innings (first and third innings).
4E: The number of doubles the Yankees had.
5A: The number of walks they drew.
5B: New York had just five strikeouts.
6: Number of home runs hit by Yankees: Rosario (two), Volpe, Grisham, Bellinger and second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr.
7A: The number of runs they drove in with two outs.
7B: Number of baserunners New York pitching surrendered; starter Cam Schlittler recorded six strikeouts and gave up just one run and four baserunners (four hits) over six innings, while left-hander Ryan Yarbrough gave up no runs and three baserunners (two hits and a walk) over three innings.
8A: Eight of New York’s nine starters drove in at least one run.
8B: Eight of the Yankees’ nine starters scored a run. Amazingly, the one starter who didn’t score was Judge.
15: The number of runs they scored.
24: The number of hits the Yankees collected.
46: New York tallied 46 bases.
