The game was over in the first inning. New York scored three times before Kansas City recorded an out, then cruised to a 7-0 victory behind Ryan Weathers' dominant pitching performance at Yankee Stadium.
Weathers (1-2) threw 7.1 shutout innings, allowing five hits while striking out eight and walking one. The left-hander carried a 3.18 ERA into the game and controlled Kansas City's lineup throughout, needing just 95 pitches to get through seven-plus innings.
The Yankees struck immediately against Cole Ragans. Judge homered to center field, a 425-foot blast that scored Rice for a 2-0 lead. Wells then hit a sacrifice fly to left, bringing Bellinger home to make it 3-0. Rice added a solo homer to right in the second inning, and Grisham capped the scoring with a three-run homer in the fifth that scored Bellinger and Goldschmidt.
Ragans (0-4) struggled with command, walking eight batters over 4.1 innings while allowing seven runs. His ERA sits at 6.00 after surrendering four home runs to the Yankees offense. The left-hander threw 97 pitches but could not find the strike zone consistently.
New York extended its winning streak to two games and improved to 12-9. Kansas City's losing streak reached six games as they fell to 7-14. Ragans is 17 strikeouts away from 500 career strikeouts.