Yankees 14, Royals 1
NEW YORK -- Third baseman Chase Headley hit a two-run home run while catcher Brian McCann and left fielder Brett Gardner hit three-run home runs during an eight-run bottom of the first inning and the New York Yankees snapped a season-high six-game losing streak with a 14-1 rout of the Kansas City Royals on Monday.
New York saw 47 pitches in the first inning from Kansas City right-hander Jeremy Guthrie (4-3) and sent 13 men to the plate, falling a triple shy of getting a cycle in the opening inning.
Headley started it by turning on a first-pitch fastball and sending into the right center field bleachers for his sixth home run and a 2-0 lead. McCann made it 5-0 when his fifth home run landed in the first row behind the right field wall.
After Guthrie recorded two outs, he hit shortstop Didi Gregorius with a pitch and gave up a single to rookie center fielder Slade Heathcott. Gardner then made it 8-0 by sending a 2-2 offering over the right field wall for his fourth home run.
New York extended it to 11-0 as McCann and right fielder Garrett Jones reached to start the second. Second baseman Stephen Drew then hit a towering drive into the right field seats for his fifth home run and Guthrie was lifted.
Headley had three hits, falling a triple shy of the cycle and his RBI double in the fifth gave New York its 12th run. Heathcott added a two-run home run in the seventh for his first career home run and a 14-1 lead.
The Yankees rebounded from their ugly three-game sweep against the Texas Rangers by hitting their most home runs in an inning since also getting three in the second inning against the Boston Red Sox on Oct. 1, 2012. It also was New York's biggest inning since Aug. 27 at Detroit and the biggest at home since Sept. 2, 2013, against the Chicago White Sox.
The Royals lost consecutive games for the first time since consecutive close losses to Detroit May 1-2. It was Kansas City's first eight-run first inning since Mark Redman allowed nine in a 10-run inning by the Tigers on Sept. 23, 2006.
While Guthrie had the worst start of his career, allowing 11 runs and nine hits in one-plus inning, New York right-hander Nathan Eovaldi (4-1) allowed one run and eight hits in seven-plus innings.
Kansas City avoided getting shut out in New York for the first time since April 5, 2001, getting an RBI single by center fielder Jarrod Dyson in the fifth.
NOTES: The Royals placed LHP Danny Duffy on the 15-day disabled list with left biceps tendinitis. The move is retroactive to May 17, meaning Duffy is eligible to return June 1. ... Kansas City also recalled LHP Brandon Finnegan from Triple-A Omaha and sent OF Alex Rios on a rehab stint with Omaha that began Monday. Rios has been on the disabled list since April 14 with a fractured left hand. ... New York OF Carlos Beltran missed his second straight game with flu-like symptoms. ... Yankees C Brian McCann was in the starting lineup after leaving Sunday's game after the eighth inning with leg cramps.