Yankees Slug Previous A’s 8-2 – CBS San Francisco

OAKLAND (AP) – Giancarlo Stanton scored a fourth game in a row, Aaron Judge hit a triple shot in front of friends and family, and the New York Yankees extended their best winning streak in almost 60 years to 13 by hitting the Oakland Athletics 8- 2 on Friday evening.

Stanton’s 25th Homer was pushed into the second deck in the center-left an estimated 472 feet above a suite level, one of the longer journeys at the Colosseum in recent times. There were six homers to Stanton in his last nine games, and Luke Voit later linked an out in the fourth.

Gerrit Cole (13-6) hit nine with two walks over six scoreless innings, allowing six hits to win his third straight start. He worked on an extra day of rest and hit 200 strikeouts for the fourth time in his career.

Judge’s 28th homer chased A’s starter Sean Manaea, who became frustrated before he even threw his first throw when the umpires checked his glove and he had to replace it. The pitcher tossed the glove into the dugout when his co-starter Cole Irvin hurried to get a replacement glove from the clubhouse.

Kyle Higashioka added a double homer in the ninth round for New York (76-52), the club’s longest winning streak in another streak of 13 straight wins from September 1-12, 1961. The Yankees are a season best 24 games over .500.

Matt Olson played a two-run single for Oakland after Cole left Joely Rodríguez.

Manaea (8-9) went 0-3 in five starts in August – none went beyond five innings.

The fading A lost their sixth game in a row and manager Bob Melvin said Friday they held a team meeting after losing to Seattle on Tuesday afternoon.

The game drew 22,463 on a night that played a Star Wars-themed drone show after the game.

CHEER SQUAD

Judge, who grew up in the tiny town of Linden in the Central Valley, expected around 30-40 fans in the seats behind the Yankees’ dugout.

Before the game, the bat chatted with left-handed Dallas Braden, who, like Judge, is proud of his similar Stockton roots.

“He’s a 209,” Braden said of the 6-foot-7 star, referring to her primary. “It stands as tall as the corn stalks in linden trees.”

Judge added an RBI single in the ninth and had three hits and four RBIs.

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With his next win, New York’s Aaron Boone Buck Showalter (313) will be level with ninth place on the Yankees’ all-time manager wins list.

TRAINER ROOM

Yankees: SS Gleyber Torres (sprained left thumb) is on target to begin rehab on Sunday. … RHP Luis Severino, who underwent surgery on Tommy John in late February 2020, played 60-70 feet catch-out in New York after being cleared to resume his throwing program. … RHP Michael King, who had to fight with an injured middle finger on his beating hand, threw 20 throws at Double-A Somerset and is about to start a rehab mission.

A’s: OF Seth Brown tested positive for COVID-19 and was placed on the injured list. He’s got symptoms. Contract tracking did not reveal any immediate concerns for further positive testing. … The A’s have recalled RHP Daulton Jefferies of Triple-A Las Vegas. … RF Stephen Piscotty had surgery on his left wrist at the end of the season to stabilize a ligament to the bone. Piscotty will be on a splint for six weeks. The hope is that he’s ready for spring training to begin. … RHP Chris Bassitt returned to the Bay Area on Friday after undergoing facial surgery in Chicago where he was hit by a line drive last week. The surgery repaired the jar’s cheekbone, which was broken in three places. His right eye has reopened and Bassitt will be reassessed by a local optician and plastic surgeon early next week, according to sports coach Nick Paparesta. … RHP Mike Fiers threw a 20 pitch bullpen session with all fastballs on his first time throwing a hill while working his way back from a sprained pitching elbow. It’s scheduled again for Tuesday.

NEXT

LHP Nestor Cortes (2-1, 2.56 ERA) takes a seven-day break for the Yankees on Saturday against RHP Frankie Montas (9-9, 3.84), who have been in the country since a street win against the Angels on July 29th have not won in the last four races.

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