Stanton slugs Yankees past A's 8-2, Cole wins third straight

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Night after night during this memorable winning streak, Aaron Boone is asked about what's going so well for his Yankees. He keeps coming back to the balance of production from everybody.

New York provided another impressive example of exactly that.

Giancarlo Stanton homered for a fourth straight game, Aaron Judge hit a three-run shot in front of friends and family, and the Yankees extended their best winning streak in nearly 60 years to 13 by slugging past the Oakland Athletics 8-2 on Friday night.

“I would just say the focus in that room, the purpose in that room is what you want it to be,” Boone said. “I go back to what I’ve said, I think the best part about it is the many contributions we’re getting from the entire roster.”

Stanton's 25th homer was crushed an estimated 472 feet above a suite level into the second deck of left-center, one of the longer drives at the Coliseum in recent memory. It gave Stanton six homers in his last nine games, and Luke Voit connected one out later in the fourth.

Gerrit Cole (13-6) struck out nine with two walks over six scoreless innings, allowing six hits to win his third straight start. Working on an extra day of rest, he reached 200 strikeouts for the fourth time in his career.

“Any time you can push the record books with this organization, it’s probably something special,” Cole said, noting there has been some good fortune involved, too. “But there’s a lot left out there for us to be desired so we’ve got to just keep plugging away.”

Judge's 28th homer chased A's starter Sean Manaea, who became frustrated before he even threw his first pitch when umpires checked his glove and he had to swap it out. The pitcher tossed the mitt into the dugout as fellow starter Cole Irvin hustled to retrieve a spare glove...

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