Alex Rodriguez hit another historic home run, Michael Pineda got himself back on track and the New York Yankees completed a three-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals with a 4-2 victory.
Rodriguez's three-run shot off Chris Young snapped a 1-1 tie in the third inning and increased his career RBI total to 1,995, two more than Yankee legend Lou Gehrig and into sole possession of third place on baseball's all- time list.
Pineda (6-2) bounced back from a pair of subpar losing starts, including one to the Royals back on May 15, to yield just one run and strike out eight over 6 2/3 effective innings.
Rodriguez finished 2-for-4 and Brian McCann added a solo home run to help the Yankees deal Kansas City a fourth consecutive loss, the Royals' longest skid since dropping four in a row from Aug. 28-31 of last season.
Young (4-1) served up both homers and allowed all four New York runs in a six- inning stint in which he fanned seven.
Mike Moustakas had a solo homer for the Royals and Alcides Escobar went 3- for-5 in defeat.
[SportsNetwork.com]
