NEW YORK-- "It's right in front of us." If you've followed the Yankees over the last seven years, or heck, even if you don't care about the Yankees but simply keep tabs on baseball on the internet, then you've heard manager Aaron Boone utter those words.

"I feel like I kind of take full responsibility if the team I'm on doesn't seal the deal,'' Aaron Judge said. "Then I feel that it's on me that it didn't happen."

The Yankees managed to edge the Royals to take a 1-0 series lead, but Aaron Judge's postseason struggles continued for New York.