New York ? The Kansas City Royals had waited 15 days to win a game, so two more hours was no big deal.

Three outs from their first victory since May 10, the Royals endured a 108-minute rain delay and then a ninth-inning rally by the New York Yankees before nailing down a 7-6 win Friday night to snap a 13-game losing streak.

It was just the third road win this season for the Royals, who have baseball’s worst record at 11-35.

Angel Berroa hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the eighth and reliever Andrew Sisco escaped a jam in the ninth for the save. And for the first time in more than two weeks, music filled the KC clubhouse.

“It feels great,” manager Buddy Bell said. “I know the way things have been going lately. You keep thinking positive. It worked out fine.”

Sisco came out of the bullpen and got Jason Giambi to ground into a game-ending double play with the potential tying run on third base.

“That’s tough for a pitcher to do, especially a relief pitcher,” Bell said. “He’s up at a moment’s notice. He threw a great pitch.”

New York's Derek Jeter taps a single in front of the plate in the fourth of Friday night's game at Yankee Stadium. The soft hit off Scott Elarton was the 2,000th base hit of Jeter's career.

Derek Jeter got his 2,000th career hit for the Yankees, who had won 14 straight home games against Kansas City since Aug. 6, 2002.

“A hit’s a hit,” Jeter said, “but we should have won this game. We let a couple of opportunities get away.”

Reggie Sanders homered as the Royals grabbed a 3-0 lead before falling behind 4-3. Giambi contributed a two-run double to a sixth-inning rally. But Kansas City battled back, tying the score in the seventh and taking the lead on Berroa’s fourth home run in the eighth.

Scott Elarton, who questioned his teammates’ desire to win last weekend, earned his first victory of the season.

“They dragged it out on us, didn’t they?” he said.

Leading by two after the top of the ninth, Kansas City had to wait out a long rain delay before closing this one out. Gary Sheffield’s RBI single off Joe Nelson cut it to 7-6 and put runners at the corners, but Sisco got Giambi for his first career save.

Giambi slipped in the muddy batter’s box as he tried to break for first.

The Yankees wiped out Kansas City’s early 3-0 lead and went ahead 4-3 in the sixth.