Jeter sparks Yanks' in return

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Royals	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	0
Yankees	1	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	x	8	11	2

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Andy Pettitte pitches against the Royals on July 11th. (Getty Images)

On a day when Derek Jeter returned, the Yankees seemed to find their groove as they defeated the Royals 8-4 on Thursday.

Andy Pettitte started for the Yankees and he allowed four runs, three earned, on eight hits in five and two-thirds innings of work. He struck out one and walked one. He finished his outing with 95 pitches, in which 60 of them were for strikes. 

The Yankee offense collected eleven his on eight runs in todays game.

The Yankees will begin a three-game set with the Minnesota Twins tomorrow.