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Jazz Chisholm Jr., Ben Rice and Austin Wells joined Grisham in taking Seth Lugo deep tonight. Grisham has cooled off some, and he was on the bench three of the previous four games before filling in for Cody Bellinger tonight. He’s still at an incredibly impressive .343/.410/.747 in 39 plate appearances for the season, and there is the chance that the Yankees could eventually give him Jasson Domínguez’s lineup spot, even if that’s certainly not how they hope it will work out.

Bobby Witt Jr.'s third-inning homer was the only hit surrendered by Carrasco. The 38-year-old righty struck out four and walked two in the 79-pitch outing. While Carrasco’s ERA stands at 5.94, the Marcus Stroman injury ensured that he would survive Clarke Schmidt’s return. He’ll face the Rays this weekend.

Pitching with a three-run lead, Williams did twice bring the tying run to the plate after allowing a single and a walk. He managed to escape from there, though, and work a scoreless inning for the third time in six appearances. He still hasn’t had a perfect frame while allowing seven hits and six walks in five innings.

Four runs on four solo homers. He’s the first person to do that (allowing four homers and only four runs) since Kevin Gausman against the Mariners on July 22, 2023. The Royals haven’t had it happen recently, but on May 9, 2016, Chris Young, who was finishing up his career in Kansas City, gave up five runs on five homers, also against the Yankees. Lugo had allowed just one homer in three starts coming into the night. He fell to 1-2 with a 3.86 ERA ahead of this weekend’s outing against the Tigers.

Bellinger was inserted as a defensive replacement for Jasson Domínguez. He originally had the day off as the Yankees attempt to manage the back tightness he’s been experiencing since the beginning of the season.

Massey is swinging at everything right now, and it’s mostly just resulting in weak contact in the air. That was the case in the ninth inning as the tying run against Devin Williams tonight. He actually took the first pitch after Salvador Perez walked and was rewarded with a ball on an offering that appeared to be a strike. He then fouled off the next pitch and popped up the third. The Royals might need to sit Massey down for a couple of days or maybe even call up Nick Loftin (releasing Cavan Biggio in the process) to give him a look at second base.