Aaron Judge hit his 49th homer of the season, Gerrit Cole struck out 11 batters for his first win since July 17, and the New York Yankees continued their streak by beating the Oakland Athletics 3- 2, Friday.
Judge opened the scoring with a three-run slap in the fifth inning to come within a homer of the 50 plateau.
Cole allowed one run on three hits in seven and a third innings. He hit 200 strikeouts for the fifth time in his career. His only misstep came on the first homer of Jonah Bride’s career in seventh.
He hadn’t relished victory in his last six starts and was 0-4 over the streak.
The Yankees sign a fifth straight victory after going on a three-game losing streak and six losses in seven games.
The A’s pulled the lead to one on a Dermis Garcia single in the ninth, but Wandy Peralta held on to get his third save of the season.
Red Sox curb Rays streak
Xander Bogaerts hit a three-run homer and the Boston Red Sox snapped the Tampa Bay Rays’ six-game winning streak by beating them 9-8.
Franchy Cordero also hit the long ball for the Red Sox, who had lost four straight, including sweeping a three-game series at the hands of the Toronto Blue Jays.
Michael Wacha (9-1) allowed four runs in six innings for the win in his third straight start since returning to action after a month-and-a-half absence. He has won his last six decisions and his only loss of the season was on May 31.
Yandy Diaz, Ji-Man Choi and Jose Siri homered for the Rays, who ran out of time after coming within a run of the Red Sox with a four-run push in the eighth. Ryan Brasier then saw four earned runs added to his record without being able to register a strikeout.
Garrett Whitlock was perfect in the ninth to get his sixth save of the season.
Elsewhere in the American League
Tigers 6 – Rangers 7
THE : Rookie Riley Greene finished a double off the carousel. He drove in four runs and scored three.
TEX : Nathaniel Lowe homered in a 3rd game in a row. This is his 4th long ball in his last five games.
Orioles 2 – Astros 0
BAL : Rookie Kyle Bradish (2-5) got off to a career-best start of eight innings without allowing a run on two hits.
NEW : The Astros saw their winning streak stop at four.
Padres 13 – Royals 5
SD : Ha-Seong Kim finished a triple off the carousel and drove in five runs.
KC : Salvador Perez and Nick Pratto drove in two runs each.
Giants 0 – Twins 9
SF : Alex Wood (8-11) was roughed up for eight runs in three innings.
MIN : Carlos Correa hit a two-run homer in 1st and the Twins added six runs in 3rd.
Diamondbacks 7 – White Sox 2
ARI : The D-backs quickly took a comfortable lead with a six-run 2nd inning.
CHW : The White Sox have lost seven of their last nine games.
Guardians – Mariners
