Yankees beat slumping Royals 6-3

Brian McCann, Brett Gardner and Aaron Hicks also went Akeem Spence Jerseydeep to help the Yankees win the opener of a four-game series against the defending World Series champions. Alex Gordon and Eric Hosmer homered for the Royals, who have lost 10 of 13. Ivan Nova gave the Yankees a good effort in his first start of the season, pitching in place of http://www.officialbuccaneersnflstore.com/AUTHENTIC+ALI+MARPET+JERSEYinjured lefty CC Sabathia. Nova was pulled after 81 pitches - one out short of qualifying for a win - but New York's fortified bullpen held Kansas City at bay. Chapman, a four-time All-Star with a fastball that often exceeds 100 mph, was eligible to pitch for the first time with the Yankees after serving a 29-game suspension under baseball's new domestic violence policy. http://www.officialbuccaneersnflstore.com/AUTHENTIC+ALTERRAUN+VERNER+JERSEYThe left-hander from Cuba was obtained from Cincinnati for four prospects in December. He entered to a warm ovation with a 6-2 lead in the ninth and drew gasps from the crowd by firing his first two pitches at 100 mph, both strikes. Chapman struck out his first two batters before pinch-hitter Paulo Orlando doubled Andrus Peat Jerseyto deep center field and scored on a sharp single by Alcides Escobar. Lorenzo Cain bounced back to the mound for the final out. When right-hander Kirby Yates (2-0) preserved a 5-1 lead in the sixth, Yankees manager Joe Girardi had an opportunity to try out his formidable new 1-2-3 combination of Dellin Betances,http://www.saintsofficialonlineshop.com/SUPER-BOWL-ANTHONY-SPENCER-JERSEY Andrew Miller and Chapman over the final three innings. Girardi, however, stayed with Yates and he tossed a perfect seventh with the help of two fine fielding plays by shortstop Didi Gregorius and first baseman Mark Teixeira. Hicks added a sacrifice fly in the seventh, and left-hander Chasen Shreve was summoned for the eighth. He gave up Hosmer's homer on his first pitch, then retired three in a row. Betances and Miller both warmed up in the bullpen during the late innings, but neither was brought into the game.