NEW YORK (AP) -- Curtis Granderson hit a pair of homers, Alex Rodriguez drove in three runs - the last when he was hit with a pitch on the hand - and the New York Yankees waited out a lengthy rain delay to beat the Kansas City Royals 12-6 on Sunday and finish another successful homestand.
Rodriguez will take his pursuit of 600 home runs on the road, after failing to reach the milestone for the third straight day.
New York plays four games in Cleveland beginning Monday, then three more at Tampa Bay before returning home to face Toronto on Aug. 2.
The slugger came to the plate with the bases loaded in the eighth. A-Rod fell behind in the count against reliever Blake Wood
and, with the crowd on its feet, wound up getting hit near the left wrist. He left for a pinch runner.
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