Nick Mears came in relief in the seventh inning for the Royals and allowed two hits and a walk to load the bases. After getting a flyout and strikeout for the first two outs, he walked Goldschmidt, who had previously been hitting .196 against right-handed pitching, to make it a 3-0 game. The next batter, Ben Rice, hit a two-out, two-run single in a 3-0 count to extend the Yankees’ lead to 5-0.Â
