Brian McCann added a two-run double to give Aroldis Chapman some breathing room, as the fireballing closer worked the ninth inning for his first save as a Yankee, getting Cain to pop out to end the game. The Royals have lost 11 of their last 14.
Cain hit his first two homers off Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka, launching a solo blast in the third inning and a three-run shot in the fifth. Cheslor Cuthbert also hit a two-run homer off Tanaka, but the Yankees rallied to take the lead in the seventh inning against Joakim Soria, who balked before surrendering a run-scoring single to Dustin Ackley and an RBI double to Aaron Hicks.