Clarke Schmidt allowed two hits and struck out seven over six scoreless innings and Paul Goldschmidt’s two-run single highlighted a five-run second inning as the New York Yankees won 6-3 over the host Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night.Aaron Judge homered for the fourth time in three games for New York, which posted a 10-2 series-opening victory Tuesday and has won all five 2025 meetings with Kansas City. Schmidt (3-3) bested the Royals’ Kris Bubic (5-4), who entered with a major league-leading 1.43 ERA.Schmidt issued three walks but allowed just a pair of singles, one to Jonathan India and the other to Maikel Garcia, who was thrown out trying to stretch his into a double in the fourth inning.Bubic allowed a season-high five runs, all in the second inning, on six hits and four walks over 4 1/3 innings. Salvador Perez clubbed a two-run, ninth-inning homer for Kansas City, which is 10-18 since starting 24-16.The left-hander struck out two while retiring the side in the first, but the Yankees broke out an inning later.Cody Bellinger began the frame with a triple to right-center field. After Jazz Chisholm Jr. walked, Bellinger scored on Anthony Volpe’s fielder’s choice.Then, with two out and two on, Austin Wells, who had five RBIs Tuesday, roped an RBI double to right center. Goldschmidt followed with his two-run single, then Ben Rice added his own run-scoring single off Bubic, who threw 41 pitches in the frame.
