Friday, May 13, 2022. 11:56 PM
Giancarlo Stanton hit the long ball in a third straight game, Aaron Judge hit his second homer in as many nights and the New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White Sox 10-4 on Friday.
After stretching his arms twice and bettering a career-high six RBIs on Tuesday, Stanton hit a first-inning home run against Vince Velasquez (2-3). His prowess allowed the Yankees to sign a 19th victory in their last 22 games.
Judge made it 6-0 with a solo slap in the fourth. He leads the majors with 12 home runs.
Josh Donaldson homered and drove in three runs. Joey Gallo also hit the long ball for the Yankees.
Gerrit Cole (3-0) went six and a third innings, giving up three runs on six hits. The right-hander passed nine batters in the mitt and allowed one walk to help the Yankees improve to an MLB-best 24-8 record.
The White Sox have lost three of their last four games.
In other matches:
Baltimore 2 – Detroit 4
BAL : Trey Mancini and Anthony Santander hit back-to-back home runs in the 8th.
THE : Miguel Cabrera hit his 2nd home run of the season, the 504th of his career.
Boston 7 – Texas 1
BOS : Nick Pivetta (1-4) allowed one run on three hits in seven innings for his first win of the season.
TEX : Kole Calhoun had three hits for the Rangers’ lone run.
Cleveland 8 – Minnesota
CLE : Austin Hedges, Oscar Mercado and Andres Gimenez have homered.
MIN : The Twins took control of the game with a nine-point push in the 5th.
LA Angels 2 – Oakland 0
LAA : The Angels have won four of their last five games.
OAK : The A’s see their winning streak stop at three.
