Pablo Reyes stumbled, stopped and still scrambled home safely on a wild play in the eighth inning, taking advantage of a throwing error by reliever Lucas Erceg to give the New York Yankees a 1-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals.

The error proved costly. The Yankees held on for a 1-0 victory and swept the Royals at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals have now lost eight consecutive games to New York since their ALDS matchup last October.

Royals Announce Unfortunate News Before Yankees Game originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Kansas City Royals have had a rough few days. Not only did they lose their previous series to the last-place Chicago White Sox, but they also lost 10-2 to the New York Yankees on Tuesday,

Aaron Judge homered for the third consecutive game, helping the Yankees to a 6-3 win over the Royals on Wednesday night.

Kansas City Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino gets brutally honest about his team's struggles against the New York Yankees.

Judge announced his presence with two homers at Kauffman Stadium. He blasted a 469 foot home run that landed atop the scoreboard in left field. And the Yankees outscored the Royals 17-5 in the series. New York has won eight consecutive matchups against the Royals after Thursday’s 1-0 victory.

There is a lot to complain about if you're waking up as a Kansas City Royals fan on Friday. A series sweep against the New York Yankees was also a season sweep

KANSAS CITY — With Aaron Judge resting for the first time this season, the Yankees’ season finale against the Royals on Thursday night was moving along quickly with no one scoring through five innings. Then it started raining while the Yankees mounted a sixth-inning rally and the game was stopped at 7:59 p.m., Central time.

In Wednesday night's middle game of a three-game set, the AL East-leading Yankees (40-25) are scheduled to start Clarke Schmidt (2-3, 4.04 ERA) against lefty Kris Bubic (5-3, 1.43 ERA) for the Royals (34-33), in fourth place in the AL Central.

The Kansas City Royals only have been swept once in a series this season -- against the New York Yankees, who are looking to do it again.

The Yankees took their Tuesday game against the Royals 10-2 with Max Fried as starter, and will play them again on June 12 at 7:40 p.m. EST.

Royals reliever Daniel Lynch IV added another fine play. He fielded a soft ground ball from LeMahieu, spun and threw to first base for the out. Lynch was attended to briefly by members of the Royals’ training staff afterward, but he remained in the game.