Plate umpire Jerry Layne suffered a mild concussion when he took a foul bunt off his mask, forcing him to leave the Royals-Yankees game in the third inning. Layne was to be kept in the hospital overnight for observation. Kansas City dropped to 4-28 at Yankee Stadium since the start of 2000. Atlanta's Chipper Jones homered in three at-bats, dropping his average to .420. He has the highest batting average through June 7 since Paul O'Neill's .431 in 1994, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Rangers shortstop Michael Young played despite suffering a hairline fracture in his left ring finger in a weightlifting accident Thursday. With a first-inning single, he extended his hitting streak to 22 games. Oakland's Carlos Gonzalez hit two doubles to become the first player since Johnny Mize in 1936 to begin his major league career with each of his first seven hits going for extra bases.
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