The New York Yankees capped off their series in West Sacramento with a dominant 12-2 win over the Athletics on Sunday, taking two of three and improving to 23-17 on the season.
Aaron Judge led the offensive barrage, going 4-for-5 with two RBI and raising his OPS to a staggering 1.273. Rookie Ben Rice delivered the biggest blow with his first career grand slam, part of a seven-run outburst that blew the game wide open.
New York jumped on former Yankee Luis Severino early, putting up five runs in the second inning, highlighted by Judge’s two-run single. Paul Goldschmidt, Anthony Volpe, and Oswaldo Cabrera also contributed to the early surge, while Jasson DomÃnguez scored from first on a Cabrera double in the third.
Rice’s grand slam in the fifth sealed the deal, and Goldschmidt added another RBI double in the seventh to pad the lead. Goldschmidt finished 3-for-5 with two RBI, while DomÃnguez and Volpe each had two hits.
On the mound, Ryan Yarbrough gave the Yankees five strong innings, allowing just two runs on six hits to earn the win. Yerry De Los Santos followed with three scoreless frames before Tyler Matzek closed it out in the ninth.
Next up, New York heads to Seattle to open a three-game set with the Mariners on Monday at 9:40 p.m.
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