Brian McCann, Brett Gardner and Aaron Hicks also went
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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
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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
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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,
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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.
