Gary Sánchez’s tying home run off Greg Holland and Luke Voit‘s winning single that landed inches from the top of the left-field fence lifted the Yankees to a late come-from-behind win over Kansas City 6-5.
Ryan O’Hearn homered for the second straight day following his recall from the minors, putting Kansas City ahead with a two-run drive in the first off Michael King.
Clint Frazier tied the score in the fourth against Carlos Hernández with a two-run, opposite-field double off the base of the manual scoreboard in the right-field wall.
Carlos Santana gave the Royals a 3-2 lead in the eighth with a home run.
Sánchez lined a fastball into the left-field seats for his 12th homer, his seventh in his last 22 games. Giancarlo Stanton singled to right, pinch-runner Tyler Wade advanced on a wild pitch and up came Voit with the game ending base hit scoring Tyler Wade.
Greg Holland has blown four of nine save opportunities.
RHP Brad Keller (6-7, 6.34) gets the start for KC today at 12:05.