Lorenzo puts on power show with 3 homers

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NEW YORK — It was a night the Royals would prefer to forget, an ugly 10-7 loss to the Yankees on Tuesday.

But it was a night center fielder Lorenzo Cain can’t possibly forget after smashing three home runs for the first time in his career.

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Cain became the seventh Royals player in franchise history to hit three home runs in a game, the last being Kendrys Morales last September at Detroit.

“I had a good night,” Cain said, “but at the end of the day, we lost.”

He belted an opposite-field homer in the third inning off Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka, a rarity for Cain, who believes he has only pull …

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