New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals: Game, player stats and box scores for September 9 

The New York Yankees started their three-game series against the Kansas City Royals on Monday with a win. It was a complete team effort put up by the AL East team as they went on to take the game 10-4.

Yankees ace Carlos Rodon was on the mound and he pitched six innings for three earned runs on six hits, one walk and nine strikeouts. On the other hand, Royals ace Brady Singer pitched five innings for three earned runs and three strikeouts.

While the Royals added one run each in the first, third, fifth and sixth inning, the Yankees scored in a bundle, adding three runs in the fourth, four runs in the seventh and three in the eighth inning.

New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals game & player stats

New York Yankees' player stats

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
G. Torres 2B	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.328	.363	.691	5.0
A. Volpe PR-SS	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.300	.380	.680	1.0
J. Soto RF	2	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	.292	.423	.582	1.005	5.0
A. Judge DH	4	1	2	1	0	1	1	4	.322	.456	.694	1.150	4.5
A. Wells C	5	1	2	4	1	0	1	5	.252	.342	.438	.780	10.5
J. Chisholm 3B	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	.254	.325	.438	.763	3.0
J. Dominguez CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	3.5
A. Rizzo 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.220	.284	.333	.618	-0.5
O. Cabrera SS-2B	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	.245	.296	.368	.664	5.0
A. Verdugo LF	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	.237	.296	.363	.659	9.0
Total	34	10	12	8	2	7	6	18	-	-	-	-	-

Kansas City Royals' player stats

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
T. Pham LF-RF	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.250	.317	.372	.689	2.0
B. Witt SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	.335	.388	.601	.988	1.0
S. Perez C	4	1	4	3	1	0	0	0	.275	.335	.474	.809	11.0
R. Grossman DH	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	.223	.332	.318	.650	0.0
H. Renfroe RF-1B	4	1	1	1	1	0	2	3	.240	.313	.405	.717	5.0
Y. Gurriel 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.286	.333	.619	-0.5
b- M. Melendez PH-LF	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.213	.276	.416	.692	1.0
M. Garcia 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	.239	.285	.344	.629	0.5
M. Massey 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.257	.284	.446	.730	-1.5
G. Hampson CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.231	.270	.307	.577	-0.5
a- K. Isbel PH-CF	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.225	.276	.360	.636	1.0
Total	34	4	7	4	2	3	14	11	-	-	-	-	-

Austin Wells, Alex Verdugo, Salvador Perez and Hunter Renfroe home runs tonight

The first home run of the game at Yankee Stadium came from Salvador Perez's bat, who crushed Carlos Rodon's curveball to left-center field for a 422-foot solo home run in the third inning.

The next inning saw Alex Verdugo smash a go-ahead two-run home run against Brady Singer for a 374-foot swing in right-center.

In the sixth inning, Hunter Renfroe broke the 3-3 tie with a solo home run off Rodon that landed 376 feet deep in left field.

Perhaps the most pivotal home run of the night came in the seventh inning when Austin Wells pulled his lever for a go-ahead three-run swing, driving in Juan Soto and Aaron Judge for a commanding 7-4 lead.

With the win, the Yankees improved to 83-61 while the Royals slid to 79-66. The Yankees lead the AL East with the second-placed Baltimore Orioles 1.5 games behind. With only three weeks remaining, the race for the postseason heats up, and it'll be interesting to see if the Yankees can clinch home advantage.

Both clubs meet again on Tuesday, where the Royals will have ace Seth Lugo (15-8, 3.08 ERA) on the mound who will oppose the Yankees' RHP Marcus Stroman (10-7, 4.03).