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A bloop and a blast made Eric Hosmer a Yankee killer in his first trip to the Bronx and underlined the promise of the 21-year-old first baseman and prospects of a rosy future for a beleaguered franchise.

Hosmer is in the vanguard of a bountiful crop of young players energising the long-suffering Kansas City Royals, who have bolted from the 2011 starting gate with a 19-17 record.

"In spring training he was ridiculous," Royals hitting coach Kevin Seitzer told Reuters about Hosmer during warm-ups before Wednesday's Royals-Yankees game. "He was as good as any hitter we had in camp.

"I don't think he's going to have too hard a time. I think the adjustments will come quickly."

Too quickly, as far as the Yankees were concerned.

Still in his first week in the majors, Hosmer hammered his first career home run to put the Royals on the scoreboard, then mustered a pop-up to center for a sacrifice fly that provided the winning margin in an 11-inning, 4-3 win for the upstarts.

"They're both big," Hosmer told reporters about his two run-producing at-bats. "But winning the game is what we come here for."

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