Jose Guillen finished off a terrific stretch against the Yankees in style, hitting a tiebreaking solo home run off Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 3-2 win.

Guillen went deep on an 0-2 pitch from Rivera (2-2), pumping his right arm as he watched the ball sail over the fence while rounding first base. Rivera turned around and shouted several times after the drive — a rare show of emotion for the longtime closer.

“You make your pitches, you are able to get him out,” said Rivera, who also surrendered a tiebreaking homer to David DeJesus on Saturday. “I didn’t make my pitches.”

It was Guillen’s 11th homer of the season and fourth in the past three games. He went 9-for-16 in the four-game series with four homers and 10 RBIs, and also scored six runs to help the Royals gain a split. The mercurial outfielder even threw out two runners in Saturday’s 12-11 loss to New York.

“That’s as good a series as I’ve seen a player have, especially in the setting that it happened,” Royals manager Trey Hillman said. “He’s worked hard to get where he is.”

The Yankees loaded the bases with two outs in the ninth, and Melky Cabrera hit a trickler up the line. First baseman Mark Teahen quickly scooped the ball and neatly tossed to reliever Joakim Soria covering the bag for the final out.

“Melky is a fast runner,” Soria said. “I just tried to run as fast as I can.”