Long ball, close call help Yanks top Royals

Brett Gardner hammers a solo home run into the seats in right field in the bottom of the 3rd inningKansas City believed it had tied the game in the seventh as Jorge Soler raced for the plate on Alcides Escobar's slow bouncer up the middle, fielded by second baseman Starlin Castro. Escobar was initially ruled safe at first, but that call was overturned after review.

Alcides Escobar plates Jorge Soler on an infield single, but the Yankees challenge and Escobar is ultimately ruled outJorge Bonifacio hit a solo home run and Escobar delivered a run-scoring double off Yankees starter Michael Pineda, who worked 6 1/3 innings for the victory. Pineda permitted six hits, walking one and striking out…