Yanks finally lose
The New York Yankees’ 13-game winning streak ended as Frankie Montas pitched seven shutout innings and the Oakland Athletics held on for a 3-2 victory Saturday.
Matt Chapman homered to help stop the Yankees’ best run in nearly 60 years. The A’s had lost six straight and 10 of 12 before handing the charging Yankees their first loss since Aug. 12 in Chicago against the White Sox.
New York nearly kept it going, too.
The Yankees trailed 3-0 in the ninth inning when Anthony Rizzo reached on a bloop single with one out and Aaron Judge followed with his 29th homer, connecting against Sergio Romo.
But Romo got Giancarlo Stanton to pop out and Joey Gallo to ground out for his first save since 2020.
The Yankees’ string was their best since a 13-game streak in September 1961 fueled by Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. The last time they did better was a 15-game charge in 1960; the team’s record is a 19-game winning streak in 1947.
Judge has homered six times in 15 games. His power surge helped the Yankees boost their playoff position and put pressure on AL East-leading Tampa Bay.
Montas was crisp all afternoon, allowing just two hits. He struck out six and walked one for his first win since July 29.
Montas retired 15 straight after Judge’s two-out double in the first, then fanned Stanton for the second time. Montas got a key 3-5-3 double play after Judge singled in the seventh and clapped his hands furiously after the double play.
Andrew Chafin retired three batters before Romo pitched the ninth.
The A’s got to left-hander Nestor Cortes Jr. for two runs in the second, aided by a balk call against the Yankees starter on a pickoff attempt following Tony Kemp’s two-out RBI single.
Chapman hit his 21st homer leading off the fourth.
Pitching on seven days rest, Cortes allowed three runs and four hits in 5 1/3 innings. He had four strikeouts and walked three.
Royals 4, Mariners 2 — Salvador Perez homered for the third straight game, lining a two-run shot off the top of the fence for his 37th of the season to lead Kansas City over Seattle.
Whit Merrifield also homered for Kansas City, which won its third straight over Seattle to damage the Mariners’ postseason aspirations.
National League
Giants 5, Braves 0 — Logan Webb threw seven strong innings to win his seventh consecutive decision, Tommy La Stella and Mike Yastrzemski each homered and drove in two runs, and San Francisco beat Atlanta in a matchup of NL division leaders.
Webb allowed five hits with one walk and six strikeouts.
Huascar Ynoa took the loss, allowing two runs on three hits and three walks in six innings.
Yastrzemski matched his career high by hitting his 21st homer off Richard Rodriguez.
Phillies 7, Diamondbacks 0 — Didi Gregorius hit three doubles, Kyle Gibson pitched six sharp innings and Philadelphia blanked Arizona.
Jean Segura (three hits, two RBI) and Odúbel Herrera homered for the Phillies. Eight of Philadelphia’s 12 hits went for extra bases.
Bryce Harper doubled and drove in a run, and Gregorius had a pair of RBIs.
Gibson allowed three hits, struck out three and walked none.
Humberto Mejía took the loss. He exited after six innings, allowing four runs on eight hits with three strikeouts and a walk.
Marlins 6, Reds 1 — Sandy Alcantara had a careerhigh 12 strikeouts in seven innings to help Miami beat Cincinnati for the first time in six meetings this year.
Alcantara allowed one run and achieved a career high in strikeouts for the second start in a row, with both coming against the Reds.
Jesús Sánchez hit a threerun homer in a five-run first inning against Vladimir Gutiérrez.
Jorge Alfaro also drove in three runs for Miami. Jazz Chisholm Jr. had the first three-hit game of his career and scored twice.
Tyler Naquin doubled home the Reds’ run in the third. He has the longest active hitting streak in the majors at 17 games.
Interleague
Cubs 7, White Sox 0 — Patrick Wisdom backed Alec Mills with two more homers and the Cubs beat the White Sox for the first time this season.
Rafael Ortega connected for a grand slam against Lance Lynn as the fourthplace Cubs improved to 6-19 in August.
Mills worked into the ninth inning in his first win since Aug. 4. He struck out three and walked two
Wisdom hit solo drives in the fourth and fifth innings. He also went deep twice Friday and became the first rookie in franchise history to post consecutive multihomer games, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Lynn (10-4) allowed a season-high seven runs in five innings in his first loss since June 19. The All-Star right-hander struck out seven and walked two.
Twins 6, Brewers 4 — Miguel Sanó drove in a pair of runs and Minnesota outlasted the rain and Milwaukee.
After Minnesota saw its 4-0 lead disappear, the Twins went back up 5-4 in the sixth inning when Andrelton Simmons hit into a double play that drove in Sanó. Josh Donaldson had an RBI double in the seventh.
Caleb Thielbar threw two scoreless innings in relief to get the win.
Adrian Houser took the loss.