Athletics rally past Yankees 6‑4 behind Ginn, Soderstrom
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Interstat) — J.T. Ginn pitched six shutout innings and Tyler Soderstrom went 3-for-3 with a home run as the Athletics beat the New York Yankees 6-4 on Saturday at Sutter Health Park.
The Athletics jumped ahead 2-0 in the first inning on Shea Langeliers’ two-run homer. After the Yankees scored once in the fourth, Nick Kurtz hit a two-run homer in the seventh to put ahead 5-1. Zack Gelof’s RBI single in the eighth made it 6-1.
The Yankees rallied with three runs in the ninth on walks to Ben Rice, Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger, but Scott Barlow recorded the final out for his second save.
Ginn (3-3) allowed four hits and struck out four over six innings. Ryan Weathers (2-3) took the loss, giving up five earned runs on six hits with 10 strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings. Kurtz finished 3-for-4 with two RBIs.
The win improved to 28-30, while the Yankees fell to 35-23. Attendance was 12,361, and the game lasted 2:47.