KC lost a 6-5 slugfest at Yankee Stadium. Alex Verdugo hit a go-ahead RBI single in the seventh inning as New York took a 1-0 series lead. That followed a controversial call at second base in which the Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm, who scored the winning run, was called safe sliding into second and the play stood on a review.

The Kansas City Royals dropped the opening game of the ALDS to the New York Yankees 6-5 on Saturday night at Yankee Stadium. The Royals got on the board first in the top of the second. Tommy Pham hit a sacrifice fly to center,

The New York Yankees won 94 games en route to an AL East title in 2024. Before the season, most fans would take that in a heartbeat. Now that we’re a week into October and the ALDS is here, though, the regular season means nothing.