Pablo Reyes stumbled, stopped and still scrambled home safely on a wild play in the eighth inning Thursday night, taking advantage of a throwing error by reliever Lucas Erceg to give the New York Yankees a 1-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals.

Pablo Reyes scored the only run of the game after he stumbled heading for home, got up and slid safely into home on a poor throw to the plate.

In their first game in 2025 without Aaron Judge batting in the first inning, the Yankees went down 1-2-3 to Seth Lugo, nice and easy, with Ben Rice blasting a barreled fly ball that landed in the glove of Kyle Isbel 402 feet away in center field. Warren matched the veteran with a 1-2-3 first inning of his own, striking out Bobby Witt Jr.