Yastrzemski hit a homer deep to right in the seventh inning off Michael Kelly and homered to right off Osvaldo Bido in the eighth. Yastrzemski hit 17 homers, including nine with the Royals after he was traded from the Giants at the deadline. The Kansas City shortstop led the majors in hits for the second straight year. Kurtz hit an opposite-field two-run homer off lefty Sam Long in the eighth. The previous mark was 220, set by the 1964 Kansas City A’s.