Yankees relinquish late lead as A’s win slugfest with three homers
NY Post
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After his first taste of Major League Baseball in a steamy, windy minor league park, Aaron Judge watched as a couple of mishits ended up on the warning track.
“It’s a good place to hit,” Judge declared Friday. “Look forward to tomorrow.”
He and much of the Yankees offense seemed to enjoy the perks and quirks of a capital city in which baseballs played more like bouncy balls.
The only problem: So did the A’s.
On an afternoon in which drifting outfielders were perplexed that the balls just kept going, the no-longer-Oakland club used three home runs and a strong finish to out-offense and out-element the Yankees 11-7 in front of another sellout crowd at Sutter Health Park on Saturday.
The Yankees (22-17) wasted a multihomer game from Judge, a resounding go-ahead shot from Oswald Peraza and a spirited comeback from a four-run deficit. They led after six innings before the bullpen allowed seven runs in the seventh and eighth.
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