Aaron Judge hits his 54th home run and the Yankees beat the Athletics

OAKLAND, California. — Aaron Judge hit his 54th home run of the season, setting a major league record, Giancarlo Stanton had a three-run drive and Anthony Volpe also hit a home run as the New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics 10-0 on Saturday night.

The Yankees matched their season record by opening a five-game lead over Baltimore in the AL East with seven games to go and giving Aaron Boone his 600th win as a manager.

Carlos Rodón (16-9) had four strikeouts and a walk and allowed five hits in six innings to win his second straight start and extend his career-best win total.

The A’s drew 33,198 fans on a night that featured a postgame drone and fireworks show during the club’s final home game before its planned move to Sacramento for the next three seasons before heading to Las Vegas in 2028. Oakland has lost four straight games at the Coliseum with four more to go at home.

New York stunned A’s left-hander JP Sears (11-12) with back-to-back singles by Gleyber Torres and Juan Soto to start the game. A walk to Judge loaded the bases. Stanton’s double-play ball brought home the first run, then Jasson Domínguez added an RBI single.

Sears managed six strikeouts but allowed six runs on nine hits in five innings.

The Yankees are now 44-4, including the postseason when Judge and Stanton hit home runs in the same game.

Sentimental Judge

Judge has a great appreciation for the Oakland Coliseum and his own history here. He was born and raised in the town of Linden in California’s Central Valley.

“If I just remember the first stadium I walked into after I was drafted as a Yankee, it was here in 2013 when I was doing a little bit of practice,” Judge recalled. “And I also think back to taking my then-girlfriend, who is now my wife, to a Yankees-A’s game – which is so funny – when I was in high school. It’s brought me full circle. I’m definitely going to miss coming here because the support of the fans, the community here, it feels like home.”

TRAINING ROOM

Yankees: INF DJ LeMahieu has started making light movements and recently took a tee shot as he resumes some baseball activity while recovering from a right hip injury. Boone wanted to hear more about LeMahieu’s chances of returning this season once the club is back home. … 3B Jazz Chisholm Jr. had the evening off before the afternoon series finale. Boone had wanted to get Jon Berti a game, so the timing worked out well. Anthony Rizzo also rested while Oswaldo Cabrera started at first base. … Soto returned to the starting lineup, batting second, a day after being taken out of the game following a left leg injury he suffered Thursday when he slid into a wall trying to catch a ball. He had a pinch-hit RBI double in the 10th inning of Friday’s 4-2 win.

athletics: RHP Ross Stripling tested his back injury by throwing in the bullpen and is scheduled to face batters on Tuesday, with a chance to return to pitch one more time on the final weekend of the season.

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In the Yankees’ final scheduled game on Sunday in Oakland, RHP Luis Gil (14-6, 3.14 ERA) will be on the mound next to RHP Joey Estes (7-8, 4.78), who has a 9.26 ERA in his last three starts.