OAKLAND, California: When you win a dozen games in a row, there will be different plans for victory, and the Yankees found a new one by pulling out a 7-6 win over Athletics Thursday night.
The 12 consecutive victories give them the longest streak since 1961, although the number 12 was not easy. The Yankees advanced six early times before Aaron Judge delivered the single with two outs at the top of the ninth.
Aroldis Chapman, who hadn’t pitched well for the most part since returning from left elbow inflammation, threw a ninth scorer for the 300th save of his career, sending the A’s to their fifth straight loss and ninth. in 11 matches.
After Starling Mars scored with two outs in the ninth, he stole the second. Chapman fell behind Matt Olson, 3-1, before the left got Olson to the ground in the second to finish it off.
“We’re familiar with these situations,” manager Aaron Boone said. “They play with a lot of confidence in these games. It hasn’t always been easy or perfect, but these guys are very good at competing when the game is in balance. “
This came true again in front of 8,147 fans at the Oakland Coliseum, especially for Judge.
“All the way back to April we hoped to win [every game], but things weren’t rolling, things weren’t clicking for us, “the judge said.” Now that all the boys are locked in on the same page, the magic happens. “
The magic came after Jameson Taillon suffered his worst start since June. He was unable to protect an early advantage after the crime provoked the outing of former Yankees James Kaprielian.
Kaprielian destroyed the first four batters he faced, including the referee to head to the top of the second, which led to Boone’s expulsion when he argued a bad call from plate referee Todd Tichenor .
Giancarlo Stanton unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors’ keeper did well to tip wide.
Brett Gardner added another solo shot to the right with two outs to make it 2-0.
The Yankees added four more runs to the third, with an RBI double by Anthony Rizzo and a 6-0 win by Joey Gallo.
Taillon, however, allowed Matt Chapman and Sean Murphy to score from home consecutively at the end of the third. The right-hander walked in a run in the fourth and outscored Elvis Andrus 0-2 before allowing a two-run single, which knocked Taillon out of the match.
Finally, A tied it with Josh Harrison’s solo that shot Albert Abreu with two outs in the fifth.
The referee scored the eighth with a double on Sergio Romo’s right field line and the Yankees loaded the bases with an outside, but Gardner jumped on a 3-1 offside field of play to bring in Gio Urshela. who came out on the ground to put an end to the threat.
In the ninth, Rizzo tied at two against Lou Trivino and was replaced by pinch runner Tyler Wade.
With the judge on the plate, Wade stole the second and moved on to the third when Murphy’s throw jumped to center field by mistake.
The judge charged the A with a single to the right to drive Wade and put the Yankees ahead again.
“It was just a good two-way attack,” Boone said of the opposing field single. “He was able to throw one.”
“The judge has been the only constant,” Taillon said of the role of the outfielder in the Yankee crime.
But even the judge acknowledged that Thursday’s result could have been different.
“We go out there and hope to win every game,” the judge said. “With 12 in a row, there’s a bit of luck, too.”