Yankees’ Win Streak Ends At 13; Montas, A’s Stop 6-Game Skid

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Fresh disconnected their archetypal nonaccomplishment successful much than 2 weeks, Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees instantly looked forward.

The Yankees’ longest winning streak successful astir 60 years ended astatine 13 games Saturday erstwhile Frankie Montas pitched 7 shutout innings and the Oakland Athletics held connected for a 3-2 victory.

READ MORE: Caldor Fire Burns 152,545 Acres, 19% Contained

Judge deed a two-run homer successful the ninth inning, but that’s each New York managed against Montas and the A’s bullpen.

“A nonaccomplishment is simply a loss. It’s clip to commencement different streak, that’s all,” Judge said. “We didn’t get the occupation done, truthful it’s clip to crook the page. (The streak) showed what we’re susceptible of. This squad is susceptible of a batch of large things.”

Judge has homered six times successful 15 games. His powerfulness surge helped the Yankees boost their playoff presumption and enactment unit connected AL East-leading Tampa Bay.

Matt Chapman homered for the A’s, who had mislaid six consecutive and 10 of 12 earlier handing the charging Yankees their archetypal nonaccomplishment since Aug. 12 successful Chicago against the White Sox.

The Yankees trailed 3-0 successful the ninth inning erstwhile Anthony Rizzo reached connected a bloop azygous with 1 retired and Judge followed with his 29th homer, connecting against Sergio Romo.

But Romo got Giancarlo Stanton to popular retired and Joey Gallo to crushed retired for his archetypal prevention since 2020.

Montas (10-9) was crisp each afternoon, allowing conscionable 2 hits. He struck retired six and walked 1 for his archetypal triumph since July 29.

“Against that lineup, win-streak going and the mode they’re going, I don’t cognize however you tin transportation immoderate amended than that,” A’s manager Bob Melvin said. “(Montas) had an borderline from the precise beginning. A much-needed outing. Fantastic, possibly to an grade arsenic bully an outing arsenic he’s had each year.”

The Yankees’ drawstring was their champion since a 13-game streak successful September 1961 fueled by Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. The past clip they did amended was a 15-game complaint successful 1960; the team’s grounds is simply a 19-game winning streak successful 1947.

Montas retired 15 consecutive aft Judge’s two-out treble successful the first, past fanned Stanton for the 2nd time. Montas got a cardinal 3-5-3 treble play aft Judge singled successful the seventh and clapped his hands furiously aft the treble play.

“It feels bully to springiness high-fives again,” Montas said. “It felt similar each of america did a small bit, did our portion to win. We person to bring that mentality into time and support rolling.”

Montas acceptable a vocation precocious with his 10th win.

READ MORE: Woman Fights Off Mountain Lion To Save 5-Year-Old Son

“He filled up the portion and was up for the astir part,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “Credit him for being connected the attack. He kept america astatine bay. He had a bully slider, the split, bully fastball. His strike-throwing and quality to get up allowed to marque it a pugnacious time for america against him.”

Andrew Chafin retired 3 batters earlier Romo pitched the ninth.

The A’s got to Nelson Cortes Jr. (2-2) for 2 runs successful the second, aided by a balk telephone against the Yankees starter connected a pickoff effort pursuing Tony Kemp’s two-out RBI single.

Nearly 3 hours aft the call, the Yankees left-hander was inactive fuming.

“At archetypal I didn’t cognize what I did,” Cortes said. “I usually bent up and effort to work the runner and worldly similar that. I was precise amazed that the 3rd basal umpire was the 1 that gave the call. It outgo america a run. Right present we’d beryllium tied successful the ninth inning.”

Chapman deed his 21st homer starring disconnected the fourth.

Pitching connected 7 days’ rest, Cortes allowed 3 runs and 4 hits successful 5 1/3 innings. He had 4 strikeouts and walked three.

BUSY DAY FOR PLATE UMP

Home sheet umpire Tony Randazzo had an progressive afternoon. After the balk telephone against Cortes, Randazzo and the pitcher got into a brief, heated treatment adjacent the Yankees dugout. In the apical of the third, Randazzo was successful deed successful the facemask by a transportation from Montas that appeared to glimpse disconnected catcher Yan Gomes’ glove. Then successful the bottommost of the frame, Randazzo ejected Melvin aft replay upheld an inning-ending treble play by the Yankees.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Athletics: INF Elvis Andrus was rested aft injuring his near limb portion taking a check-swing successful the ninth inning of Friday’s loss. Melvin called it a stinger wounded that happened erstwhile Andrus tried to halt his swing. “He’ll astir apt beryllium successful determination tomorrow,” Melvin said. … LHP Cole Irvin (hip discomfort) threw a bullpen league and remains connected scheduled to commencement Tuesday successful Detroit. … Four days aft country to repair his breached cheekbone suffered erstwhile helium was deed successful the caput by a enactment drive, injured ace Chris Bassitt is intent connected pitching again this season. “The doctors made a mistake successful telling maine that I’m going to beryllium OK successful a mates weeks,” Bassitt said. “When they said that, I said, ‘All right, we’re rocking.’ If everything progresses the mode it should, I privation to beryllium backmost earlier the extremity of the play and hopefully I am.”

UP NEXT

MORE NEWS: Man Barricaded Inside Home Allegedly Shot Someone Then Shot At Deputies

Yankees LHP Jordan Montgomery (5-5, 3.69 ERA) faces the A’s successful the bid finale Sunday. Montgomery has allowed 1 tally oregon less successful 4 of his erstwhile 5 starts. Oakland RHP Paul Blackburn (0-1, 4.09) makes his 3rd commencement since being called up from Triple-A Sacramento. Blackburn hasn’t won since June 29, 2018.