Yankees erupt for 13 runs in third inning, beat Athletics 13‑8
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Interstat) — The New York Yankees scored 13 runs in the third inning Sunday evening and defeated the Athletics 13-8 at Sutter Health Park. Attendance was 12,515 and the game lasted 3 hours, 1 minute.
Will Warren pitched six innings, allowing six hits and no earned runs with five strikeouts to improve to 7-1. Ben Rice drove in four runs on two hits. Trent Grisham added two RBIs. Jacob Lopez took the loss, falling to 4-3.
The Athletics took a 3-0 lead in the first inning, aided by an error, but the Yankees answered with a 13-run third. Jonah Heim hit a three-run homer in the seventh for the Athletics, who added a run in the eighth. New York had 11 hits, 12.
The Yankees improved to 36-23, while the Athletics dropped to 28-31.