Athletics Beat Yankees 6-4 Behind Three Home Runs and Weathers' Strong Start

Ending a five-game winning streak. Ryan Weathers allowed five runs over 6 2/3 innings, including three home runs, while striking out 10 on 107 pitches. Shea Langeliers hit a two-run home run in the first inning.

Tyler Soderstrom added a solo home run in the sixth. Nick Kurtz hit a two-run home run in the seventh after Aaron Boone visited the mound following a walk to Colby Thomas. The Yankees scored one run before the ninth inning.

In the ninth, they loaded the bases on walks by Ben Rice, Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger, scoring three runs before Jazz Chisholm Jr. grounded out with the bases loaded to end the game. Aaron Boone said he did not second-guess the decision to keep Weathers in to face Kurtz.

“I don’t question leaving him in there for Kurtz, I’m going to take my left-on-left shot there with two outs. But after he got those first two, and throwing quite a few pitches to that point, that’s the one where maybe I go to Doval there,” Boone said. Camilo Doval was warming in the bullpen during the seventh inning.

He added, “I put them in a bad spot giving two runs up in the first. This is a game of momentum, so if we don’t score, I got to put up a zero and just keep momentum. We create momentum if we score and same for them.

I gave them momentum early and this is a game of that. ” Boone said of Weathers, “It’s just a competitive kid that pitched his heart out, pitched a whale of a game, frankly. ” For the eighth time in Weathers’ 11 starts, the Yankees scored two runs or fewer while he was in the game.

95 runs scored per nine innings while Weathers is pitching, the fourth-lowest mark among qualified starters. After the game, the Yankees’ record stood at 35-23 and the Athletics’ record stood at 28-30.