KANSAS CITY, Mo. — There are 122 years of Yankees baseball in the record book. Babe Ruth played in pinstripes. So did Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and Derek Jeter. Across more than 19,000 games and 27 World Series championships, the franchise has produced almost every offensive feat a baseball team can produce. Almost.
On Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium, the New York Yankees finally checked one of the last boxes left on the list. And they did it on a night they will not soon forget.
Six home runs. Twenty-four hits. A 15-1 thrashing of the Kansas City Royals. And one franchise first that not even the Murderers’ Row lineup ever delivered.
| Inning | Player | HR | Pitcher | Exit velocity | Distance |
| Top 1 | Cody Bellinger | Solo HR, No. 8 | Bailey Falter | 105.1 mph | 387 ft |
| Top 1 | Amed Rosario | 2-run HR, No. 5 | Bailey Falter | 101.2 mph | 419 ft |
| Top 2 | Anthony Volpe | Solo HR, No. 1 | Bailey Falter | 103.1 mph | 409 ft |
| Top 7 | Trent Grisham | Solo HR, No. 7 | Steven Cruz | 103.9 mph | 414 ft |
| Top 8 | Jazz Chisholm Jr. | Solo HR, No. 6 | Eli Morgan | 107.3 mph | 416 ft |
| Top 9 | Amed Rosario | 2-run HR, No. 6 | Tyler Tolbert | 99.3 mph | 380 ft |
The franchise first that took 122 years to arrive
For the first time in Yankees history, every player in the starting lineup recorded at least two hits in the same game. Nine starters. Two hits or more. Never done before in the Bronx. Never done by any of the legendary lineups that built the franchise’s identity.
Amed Rosario led the way with four hits, two home runs, and four RBIs. Trent Grisham, Ben Rice, Anthony Volpe, and Austin Wells each finished with three hits. Cody Bellinger, Paul Goldschmidt, Aaron Judge, and Jazz Chisholm Jr. all chipped in with two. The Yankees’ 24 hits tied for the eighth most in franchise history and represented their most in a road game since Aug. 31, 1974.
Boone, asked afterward when he first realized something historic was unfolding, said the moment hit him only when he looked at the scoreboard.
“I did see all the hits on the board,” Boone said, “and I was like, ‘Man, you don’t see that very often.'”
How the Yankees blew the Royals out from the first inning
Kansas City entered the game using Bailey Falter as an opener. The veteran left-hander arrived with a 9.82 ERA. The Yankees gave him no chance to recover.
Bellinger ended the first inning before it really started. With two outs and nobody on, he sent a 105 mph line drive over the right field wall for his eighth home run of the season. It was his second homer in as many days. Paul Goldschmidt followed with a double off the glove of Royals third baseman Maikel Franco.
Falter appeared to escape the inning when Ben Rice hit a sinking liner that Royals right fielder Jac Caglianone tried to snow-cone for the third out. The ball touched the grass. Boone challenged. The call was overturned. Rice was credited with an RBI single. Goldschmidt scored. Rosario stepped up two pitches later and crushed a 420-foot two-run homer over the left field fountain. It was 4-0 before Cam Schlittler ever threw a pitch.
Volpe led off the second inning with a 409-foot home run to center field. It came off the bat at 103.1 mph. It was his first home run of the season and his first since Aug. 29, 2025.
In the third inning, the Yankees added four more runs. Volpe singled in a run. Grisham produced an RBI groundout. Bellinger drove in two with a single. Falter was finally pulled at 9-0 in the third, having allowed nine hits and seven earned runs across just two and one-third innings.
The hits never stopped. Judge added an RBI double in the fifth to push the lead to 10-1. Grisham went deep in the seventh with a 414-foot solo shot. Chisholm crushed a 416-foot homer in the eighth, becoming the final Yankees starter to reach two hits. Rosario added a second two-run blast in the ninth, this one off position-player-turned-mop-up-pitcher Tyler Tolbert.
Six home runs. The most by any team in MLB this season.
Schlittler cruised on a night he didn’t have his best
Cam Schlittler did not need his best stuff. He worked six innings on just 77 pitches, allowing one run on four hits with six strikeouts and no walks. The only damage came on a Bobby Witt Jr. solo homer in the third.
Schlittler’s ERA stayed at 1.50, the second lowest by a Yankees pitcher through his first 12 starts of a season since earned runs became an official statistic in 1913. Only Ray Caldwell, at 1.46 in 1914, has been better at this point in a Yankees campaign.
The right-hander, when asked about pitching with an early double-digit lead, said the run support gave him room to navigate an off night.
“My stuff wasn’t as sharp, but I was able to put the team in position to win,” Schlittler said. “That’s all you can ask for.”
Ryan Yarbrough handled the final three innings, allowing one hit and one walk while preserving an overworked bullpen. The Yankees had played eight straight games decided by two runs or fewer. Tuesday was the change of pace the entire staff needed.
Why this Yankees lineup keeps owning Kansas City
The Royals have not beaten the Yankees in any regular season game since Sept. 10, 2024. That is 13 straight wins by New York if you include the 2024 American League Division Series. In their five regular season matchups in 2026, the Yankees have outscored Kansas City 43-10. They have now taken 22 of their past 23 completed series against the Royals.
Rosario, who had not played in six days and not started in eight, spoke about being part of a franchise first that touched generations of Yankees legends.
“Feels great to be part of Yankee history,” Rosario said through an interpreter. “It’s a great fraternity. It’s great to be part of that. It’s a team effort.”
Boone, asked to put words to what he had just watched, kept it simple.
“As hard as hitting is and as hard as it is now, night in and night out, to have a day where everyone can fatten up a little bit is good,” Boone said.
The Yankees improved to 33-22 with their third straight win. They sit three games behind the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League East. They have hit 82 home runs this season, by far the most in baseball. Tuesday’s barrage also produced 24 batted balls of 95 mph or higher, the most in any Yankees game in the Statcast era dating to 2015.
Gerrit Cole takes the mound Wednesday night in his second start since returning from Tommy John surgery. The Yankees will go for the sweep. The Royals, having lost 14 of 19 games, will simply hope to survive. Tuesday will live in the record books regardless of what happens next.
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