Jul 23, 2010 By Herald Standard Staff 1 min read

NEW YORK – Alex Rodriguez hit his 599th home run, Derek Jeter had an inside-the-park shot and the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals on another strange night in the Bronx. Jorge Posada had a go-ahead double and a bizarre throwing error that cost New York a run and put Yuniesky Betancourt on second after striking out. But the Yankees rebounded with enough offense to help CC Sabathia (13-3) win his ninth straight decision.

Rodriguez hit a solo homer to right field in the seventh inning, putting New York ahead 6-4 and leaving him one shy of becoming the seventh major league player to reach 600.