New York ? Eric Hosmer and Melky Cabrera homered, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Yankees on Thursday night, sending New York to its first series loss of the season.

Robinson Cano homered a day after he was hit in the head with a pitch, and Alex Rodriguez homered for the first time in 65 at-bats.

Sean O’Sullivan (2-2) retired his first 13 batters before running into trouble, but pitched into the seventh to give Kansas City its eighth win in 12 games and knock the Yankees out of first for the first time since April 13.