Judge and Rice hit early homers off Ragans as Yankees beat skidding Royals 7-0 for 3-game sweep

— Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer in the first inning, Ben Rice went deep for the fourth straight game in the second and the New York Yankees beat the reeling Kansas City Royals 7-0 to complete a three-game sweep on Sunday following a long rain delay.
Apr 19, 2026, 07:22 pm - AP
KC
NYY
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31003000-770
R. Weathers
win

R. Weathers1-2

7.1 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 8 K, 1 BB
C. Ragans
loss

C. Ragans0-4

4.1 IP, 4 H, 7 ER, 6 K, 8 BB

Scoring Summary

Inning

KCNYY
1stJudge homered to center (425 feet), Rice scored.02
1stWells hit sacrifice fly to left, Bellinger scored.03
2ndRice homered to right (350 feet).04
5thGrisham homered to right (369 feet), Bellinger scored and Goldschmidt scored.07

Game Odds
Odds by

OpenMLTotalRL
Kansas City RoyalsRoyalsKC
(7-15)
(7-15, 2-10 Away)
(7-15)
Cole Ragans
(1-4, 4.84)
o8
-102
+119
o8
-108
+1.5
-171
New York YankeesYankeesNYY
(13-9)
(13-9, 8-5 Home)
(13-9)
Ryan Weathers
(4-7, 3.99)
-149
ML
-144
u8
-112
-1.5
+141
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