Only a fraction of the announced crowd of 39,229 hung around to see the final pitch of Monday’s 6-0 Yankees loss to the Royals. In fact, a large amount of that number probably never entered the building at all on a rainy, raw evening in the Bronx.

Those who did brave the elements for a three-hour, 10-minute affair in which the Bombers fared 0-for-13 with runners in scoring position wanted to have their voices heard, and understandably so. There were boos when Alex Rodriguez grounded out in the eighth, followed by weak strikeouts from Raul Ibanez and Nick Swisher.

The jeering continued as the Yankees wasted Mark Teixeira’s ninth-inning leadoff double with three straight outs — even though, despite the message of that classic Animal House clip where John Belushi says, “Nothing is over until we say it is,” it was indeed pretty much over by that point.

A-Rod, who finished the night 2-for-4 with a double, said that he heard the booing and didn’t have a problem with it.

“Without a question, these are the greatest fans in the world,” Rodriguez said. “They’re passionate. We all have the same frustration, we’re all working hard. But the one thing [is], we’re a confident bunch, we’re working hard, and we will turn this around. No doubt about it.”

Yankees manager Joe Girardi chalked the booing up as “part of the game,” and though he phrased his words carefully, he seemed to be able to sympathize with the sentiment.

“You’re going to hear it on the road, you’re going to hear it at home when you don’t play well,” Girardi said. “And it’s because our fans have passion and they want to win, and I understand that. So do the guys in that room. If they’re unhappy with us, believe me, we’re probably unhappier.”

Alex Rodriguez’s infield roller eluded the grasp of Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera and was ruled a run-scoring single in the second inning on Sunday, marking Rodriguez’s 1,903rd career run batted in. A-Rod then added RBI No. 1,904 on a seventh-inning ground ball to shortstop, scoring Chris Stewart from third base underneath catcher Gerald Laird’s tag.

That surpasses Hall of Famer Willie Mays for sole possession of ninth place on baseball’s all-time RBIs list, according to MLB.com. Next up on the list is Eddie Murray, who drove in 1,917 runs.

Also on Sunday, Curtis Granderson worked a second-inning, bases-loaded walk from the Tigers’ Max Scherzer for his 500th career RBI.

NEW YORK – Alex Rodriguez hit the 630th home run of his Major League career on Friday, tying Ken Griffey, Jr. for fifth place on baseball’s all-time list.

Rodriguez collected his first homer and RBI of the season in the third inning, belting a shot to center field off the Angels’ Ervin Santana. The blast landed in the netting covering Monument Park at Yankee Stadium.

Moved to the No. 3 spot in New York’s lineup for Friday’s game, the 36-year-old Rodriguez will next pursue Willie Mays’ mark of 660 home runs, in fourth place on the all-time list. Rodriguez is also following Babe Ruth (714), Henry Aaron (755) and all-time leader Barry Bonds (762).

Of Rodriguez’s home runs, 285 have been hit in a Yankees uniform. He had 189 with the Mariners and 156 with the Rangers. Reggie Jackson and Darrell Evans are the only other players to have hit 100 or more home runs with three different teams.

Alex Rodriguez called the area that the new, beautiful Marlins Park sits in “my hood” and fondly recalled taking three or four buses to watch Dan Marino play at the Orange Bowl. As a Miami resident, he feels a certain pride in being able to be one of the first to ever set foot on the field here.

“Obviously I don’t want to be corny and cheesy because it is a spring training game and all that, but for me this is a very special day,” Rodriguez said. “I never imagined as a child that such a beautiful stadium would be built in the middle of Miami. I’m certainly very proud of the city of Miami and the Marlins to be able to achieve this in my hometown.”

A-Rod said the Marlins invited him a few times to take a tour this past winter, but he wanted his first day at the stadium to be with the Yankees.

“I’ll tell you, I get chills,” Rodriguez said. “I’m a little emotional because I’m right down the street. I get to share this with my family and friends today, my two daughters will be here, they’re super excited. Look, we know what Yankee Stadium means to us in New York; it means the world. It has been a big success for us and I really hope that it’s a huge success not only for Major League Baseball but for Jeff and the Marlins.”