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The Kansas City Royals are searching for their first World Series championship since 2015. After sweeping the Baltimore Orioles in the American League Wild Card Series of the 2024 MLB playoffs, Kansas City must now face the top-seeded New York Yankees in the American League Division Series.

Gleyber Torres started the playoffs the way he closed out the regular season homering in the 3 rd inning to lead the Yankees to a 6-5 victory over the Royals in Game 1 of their American League Division series.

J.J. Picollo was mere weeks into taking over as Kansas City’s top baseball decision maker. This, he knew, he had to get right. What Picollo wanted wasn’t necessarily someone he knew or had worked with, often the case in professional baseball hirings. For Kansas City to truly transform, it had to get uncomfortable.

Only one player from the 2015 World Series-winning team remains with the Royals: World Series MVP Salvador Perez. The 34-year-old catcher is also the longest-tenured Royal, having played with the team since 2011 and been on contract with the organization since 2006, when he was 16 years old.

On Monday at Yankee Stadium, the New York Yankees, who currently have a 1-0 lead, resume their five-game series against the Kansas City Royals. First pitch is scheduled for 7:38 p.m. ET. The Yankees and Royals square off Monday at 7:38 p.m. ET. Follow every MLB game: Latest MLB scores, stats, schedules and standings.

The Kansas City Royals lost in Game 1 of the American League Division Series on Saturday night, losing 6-5 to the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. The Royals advanced to the ALDS by beating the Baltimore Orioles in the American League wild card round.

KC lost a 6-5 slugfest at Yankee Stadium. Alex Verdugo hit a go-ahead RBI single in the seventh inning as New York took a 1-0 series lead. That followed a controversial call at second base in which the Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm, who scored the winning run, was called safe sliding into second and the play stood on a review.