KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Theres no Derek Jeter to lean on right now, no Alex Rodriguez or Mark Teixeira in the New York Yankees high-priced lineup to provide clutch hits and big home runs. Nope, there are just guys like Lyle Overbay filling in with aplomb. The low-key, aw-shucks Overbay hit a two-run homer and finished with five RBIs on Friday night, and Ichiro Suzuki also hit a two-run homer as the banged-up Yankees opened their only trip to Kansas City with an 11-6 rout of the scuffling Royals. "Sometimes baseball doesnt make sense, and on a night we really needed some runs, we got them," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "Everyone seemed to help out tonight." Overbay finished with a career-high four hits, Suzuki had three hits and Chris Nelson drove in a pair of runs for the Yankees, who gave Girardi his 500th win in pinstripes. Girardi reached the milestone in his 844th game, one fewer than Billy Martin. The only Yankees managers to reach the mark faster were Casey Stengel, Joe McCarthy, Joe Torre and Miller Huggins. "Ive been blessed to have this opportunity," Girardi said. "As a child you dream about playing in the big leagues, and I dont know if you dream about managing, but as I got older, its something I really wanted to do, and I got a great opportunity." Phil Hughes (2-2) allowed six runs in 5 2-3 innings, but still earned the victory for New York, thanks to an offence that awoke from a slumber against Wade Davis and reliever Bruce Chen. The struggling Davis (2-3) allowed seven runs in five-plus innings as the Royals lost for the fourth time in their last five games. "I made it look a lot harder than it should," Davis said. "When you dont command your pitches, you can make anybody look a lot better. I didnt execute my pitches." Jarrod Dyson hit a three-run shot for the Royals, just the second homer of his career, and Mike Moustakas went deep in his second straight game. Alex Gordon also drove in a pair of runs. But it wasnt enough offence to keep up with the Yankees, who scored six runs total during a three-game series in Colorado, but surpassed that amount with the first of five runs during the sixth inning Friday night that broke open what had been a tie game. It was the first time New York scored 10 or more runs since April 9, and allowed the Yankees to improve to 20-9 since their ragged 1-4 start to the season. "The guys stepped up big and gave me a bunch of runs," Hughes said. "Thankfully, I was able to bring my not-so-good game on a day we scored a lot of runs." The Yankees came into the night with 42 homers, fifth in the majors, and wasted little time adding to the total. Suzuki followed a walk by Travis Hafner with his two-run shot in the second inning, and Overbay followed a double by Jayson Nix with his two-run homer. The Royals got most of their deficit back on Dysons three-run shot in the bottom of the second. It was his first home run since Sept. 27, 2010, a span of 376 at-bats. "He came in most of the time. I got my foot down on it and I was just trying to square him up," Dyson said. "I barrelled it up. It was a big hit at the time." Davis ran into more trouble in the fourth, when Nix walked and Overbay drove him in with a double to make it 5-3. But the Royals answered again in the fifth, tying the game on a two-run double by Gordon, who has become the Royals most reliable hitter. The Yankees finally took control in the sixth inning. Suzuki doubled and Nix singled to set up Overbay, who delivered his second double of the night. Nelson added a two-run single, and after Chris Stewart grounded into a fielders choice, Brett Gardners RBI triple and Robinson Canos run-scoring single gave New York a 10-5 lead. Moustakas added his solo homer in the sixth, but Yankees reliever Shawn Kelley retired the next seven Royals -- six of them by strikeout. Boone Logan finished up a quiet ninth to preserve the Yankees third straight win. "The bullpens are so important, especially in the American League," Girardi said. "Our guys have done a really good job. Shawn Kelley stepped up tonight. Weve had other guys. ... Its been guy after guy doing the job." NOTES: Royals DH Billy Butler went 0 for 4, dropping his average to .236. ... Nix reached base four times. ... Royals RF Lorenzo Cain got hit on his left wrist by a pitch in the third inning. He remained in the game. ... INF Eduardo Nunez (ribs) hit in the cage before the game and was available off the bench, Girardi said. He did not play. ... New York LHP Andy Pettitte will start Saturday night against Royals RHP James Shields. Cheap Hockey Jerseys . The Dutchmans tenure got off to a poor start when referee Guido Winkmann awarded a penalty within two minutes for Niklas Starks clumsy challenge on Alexandru Maxim. Cheap Boston Bruins Jerseys China . 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ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Hawks are planning a $192.5 million renovation of Philips Arena, with the city providing the bulk of the funding.As part of the deal announced Tuesday, the Hawks agreed to an 18-year lease extension to remain at the city-owned arena through 2046.The city will contribute $142.5 million toward the project, which will most noticeably alter the look of the luxury boxes stacked on one side of the arena. There will be new amenities, a variety of different-size suites, improved sightlines for basketball, a state-of-the-art video system, and connected concourses throughout the 17-year-old facility.Philips Arena originally was built to host both the NBAs Hawks and the NHLs Atlanta Thrashers. The hockey team moved to Winnipeg in 2011.Mayor Kasim Reed had pledged to contribute to an arena renovation when the Hawks were in the process of being sold by former controlling owner Bruce Levenson, who gave up the team after revealing that he sent a racially insensitive email. Tony Ressler wound up leading a group that purchased the Hawks and operating rights to the arena.Ressler said all along that he preferred to remain downtown rather than pursue a new facility, as long as Philips Arena was upgraded.We knew that a key part of producing a winning team, providing a superior fan experience and being a civic asset to the city of Atlanta required a renovation of our arena and a meaningful improvement to the downtown area of this city, Ressler said. Todays announcement with the mayor is a significant step toward this goal, and we look forward to this exciting transformation that will ensure that we provide the best fan experience possible now and for the next 30 years.Reed said the renovation was part of a long-range plan to transform an unsightly tract of downtown adjacent to the arena and the new $1.4 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium, a retractable-roof facility set to open next year as home to the NFL Falcons and a Major League Soccer expansion team, Atlanta United.There have been talks about turning the area, known as the gulch, into a mixed-used development much like the highly successful LAA Live complex next to Staples Center in Los Angeles.dddddddddddd. Reed said its part of a plan to connect the sports venues to popular tourist attractions around Centennial Olympic Park, as well as to one of the citys biggest development flops, Underground Atlanta.This is the first stake in the ground in transforming the critical corridor, Reed said. I want to thank Tony Ressler and the Atlanta Hawks ownership for committing to this deal that will keep the NBA in our city and help re-imagine downtown for the millions of residents, visitors and tourists who come to Atlanta each year.Its another huge commitment by the city to a sports venue, though Reed stressed that no money from the citys general fund will be used and no new taxes will be needed.About $110 million will come from extension of car-rental tax and the city will contribute $12.5 million from the sale of Turner Field to Georgia State University and a development company, a deal expected to close by the end of the year. The remaining $20 million from the city will come from a series of expected future land sales, the mayor added during a City Hall announcement.The renovation of Philips Arena comes on the heels of the city agreeing to spend at least $200 million -- and perhaps much more, some critics have argued -- for the Falcons new stadium, which will replace the 24-year-old Georgia Dome. In addition, suburban Cobb County put up some $400 million on public funding to build a new baseball stadium for the Atlanta Braves that opens next season.SunTrust Park, about 12 miles from downtown, will replace Turner Field even though that stadium is only two decades old. Georgia State plans to downsize the Braves former home into a 30,000-seat stadium for its football program.The renovations on Philips Arena will begin next summer and should be completed by the start of the 2018-19 season. The Hawks will continue to play at the arena during the overhaul, with much of the work being done over the next two offseasons. ' ' '