Royals' Maikel Garcia shades Carlos Rodon after loss in Game 2

Here comes the…shadow.

“Don’t celebrate too soon,” Kansas City leader Maikel Garcia wrote on X Monday night, hours after his Royals defeated the Yankees in Game 2 of the ALDS.

The celebration(s) in question belonged to Carlos Rodón, the Yankees' $162 million man and starting pitcher on Monday night.

Rodón came out of the gate excited to say the least. In the first game, he held the team — Garcia, Bobby Witt Jr. and Vinnie Pasquantino — to 12 shots.

With each strikeout, the celebration became a little more emphatic: There was a bit of jumping around on the mound, a bit of “Did you see that?” head shaking, and a whole lot of what looked like screaming – through a roaring Bronx Crowd drowned out.

At the end of the game there was little reason to celebrate.

The Royals chased Rodón out of the game in the fourth inning.

After giving up a leadoff home run to Salvador Pérez in the fourth, the Yankees starter was tagged for two more runs on three singles.

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Ian Hamilton came on in relief and faced Garcia with one on and two outs; The Royal jumped on the first pitch he saw and hit a slider to right field to score Kansas City's fourth and final run of the night.

Garcia finished the game 4-for-5, with an RBI and a stolen base.

Rodón's stats were less flattering: 3 2/3 innings pitched, seven hits, four earned runs.

The Royals held the Yankees to two runs on seven hits. Angel Zerpa, who came on as a substitute at the end of the 5th round, secured the victory.

After the series ends, the teams will face each other in the decisive third game on Wednesday evening. First pitch is scheduled for 7:08 p.m