KANSAS CITY -- It hasn’t taken Mike Yastrzemski long to announce himself as an impactful Trade Deadline acquisition and a major piece of a Royals team that has started to see things click as they begin the stretch run.

Atop the lineup again on Monday night, Yastrzemski put the Royals on the board right away with another leadoff home run, catapulting Kansas City to a 4-3 win over the Rangers at Kauffman Stadium and their fourth consecutive victory.

It was Yastrzemski’s fourth home run with the Royals and third as their leadoff hitter, all of which have come in August. That ties Johnny Damon (September 1998) and Alex Gordon (August 2012) for most leadoff home runs in a single month in Royals history.

Damon (1998) and Gordon (2011) share the club record for leadoff home runs in a sin

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