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 player least popular among Yankees fans entering this postseason allowed that hard-to-please collective to party deep into Saturday night. And likely into Sunday morning. Alex Verdugo, the organization's choice to start in leftfield rather than uber-popular prospect Jasson Dominguez,

NEW YORK, NY. (WIBW) - 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, scoring Yuli Gurriel to make it 1-0 KC.