Michael Pineda Gets His Fourth Win Of The Season As New York Routes Kansas City

The New York offense didn't slow down Wednesday on their way to an 11-7 win to back up Michael Pineda who won his fourth game of the season. 

Aaron Hicks hit a three-run homer, his seventh, while Starlin Castro had three hits and Gary Sanchez logged his third straight multi-hit game -- as the Yanks knocked out Royals starterJason Vargas with a five-run fourth. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/230837914/yanks-ride-aaron-hicks-homer-to-win-over-kc/

New York had combined for 29 hits and 18 runs through the first two games of the series. It continued a season-long trend in which the offense has generally been robust. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/230837914/yanks-ride-aaron-hicks-homer-to-win-over-kc/

As for Michael Pineda who has a record of 4-2, he allowed four runs (three earned) on six hits and two walks while striking out five over six innings. Meanwhile, New York had piled up 10 runs by the fifth inning, allowing Pineda to cruise to an easy victory despite throwing only 57 of his 98 pitches for strikes. The 28-year-old righty has now provided three straight quality starts, although he needed a couple of errors from Chase Headley to get there Wednesday, and his 55:8 K: BB in 47.1 innings on the season remains elite. Pineda will get to face Kansas City's struggling offense again at home Monday. "according to http://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/yankees-michael-pineda-picks-up-fourth-win-wednesday/

While New York improved to 24-13 on the season Kansas City yet again took another step back as they dropped to 16-23 on the season. "according to https://www.mlb.com/gameday/yankees-vs-royals/2017/05/18/490714#game_state=preview,game_tab=,game=490714

New York and Kansas City will finish up their series tonight as New York is looking to go for the sweep. Rookie left -hander Jordan Montgomery will make his first career start against Kansas City. The rookie left-hander lost to Houston in his previous outing despite walking a career low one batter to go along with seven strikeouts. He has a record of 2-2 with a 4.19 earn run average to go along with thirty -three strikeouts.  He will go up against Kansas City left  -hander Danny Duffy who has a record 2-3 with a 3.38 earn run average and thirty-five strikeouts. In his last start against Baltimore, he went seven innings while he gave up eight hits to go along with two runs while striking out six. "according to https://www.mlb.com/gameday/yankees-vs-royals/2017/05/18/490714#game_state=preview,game_tab=,game=490714