KANSAS CITY --
\"I think I just pitched with a little better tempo,\" Happ said. \"I’d like to say the confidence is always there, but it’s also nice to get some results. I feel like I am at my best when my tempo is a little quicker. I felt like today I was moving along and rebounding and just moving onto the next pitch a little better.\"\n\nFacing reliever Scott Barlow in the seventh inning,
It was the Yanks’ longest regular-season homer since
\n\n\"He’s brought so much to the table for us,\" manager Aaron Boone said. \"Obviously between the lines, he’s been really good. He’s loved coming here and being a Yankee. They love him in that room. He brings something to the park every day, just from an energy standpoint. We’re lucky to have him.\"
The Yankees managed three runs in six innings against Royals starter
\"The offense has been huge the last week; really, the whole season,\" Happ said. \"We’ve put up some runs lately. It’s fun to see, that’s for sure.\"\n\nVoit, who finished the afternoon 2-for-5 with two runs scored, has been a crucial and consistent presence as the Yankees weather a barrage of early-season injuries.\n\nVoit noted that since the trade that delivered him to New York last July, he has hardly had the opportunity to play alongside