In a simply wild game, the unimaginable happened. Mariano Rivera entered in the ninth inning with the game tied at 10 and, on the first pitch, David DeJesus homered into the bleachers in right center to give the Royals the lead at 11-10.
With a stunned crowd watching, Rivera struck out Aviles, then got Teahen to pop to shortstop and retired Ross Gload on a grounder to second to end the inning.
With one out in the bottom half, Jorge Posada took Royals closer Joaquim Soria deep to right to tie the score at 11. Wilson Betemit walked and Melky Cabrera got an infield single. Johnny Damon came to the plate with a five for five day and delivered a ground rule double just inside the right field line to score Betemit and give the Yankees an 12-11 lead.
Rivera is now 2-1 on the season with 15 saves in as many opportunities. With the one run given up on the homer, his season ERA now stands at 0.67.
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