Hot-hitting Yankees 目的(とする) for sweep of A's

Suddenly, the New York Yankees are seeing their 力/強力にする return, and it is 許すing them to 勝利,勝つ games by 公正に/かなり comfortable 利ざやs.

The Yankees will 試みる/企てる to 持続する their 力/強力にする 殺到する on Wednesday afternoon when they go for a three-game sweep of the visiting Oakland 運動競技のs.

New York 攻撃する,衝突する eight ホームランs in a 13-game (期間が)わたる between April 18-30 and lost eight times while 得点する/非難する/20ing three runs or より小数の in 10 instances. The Yankees have 14 ホームランs in its past eight games this month, 含むing six in a pair of five-run victories during the 現在の series. They 長,率いる into Wednesday after 得点する/非難する/20ing 24 runs in their past three contests.

"Just feels good to have an 不快な/攻撃 生産/産物 like that and 回復する after a 堅い last series and come 支援する and play good baseball," New York first baseman Anthony Rizzo said.

In New York's 7-2 勝利,勝つ on Monday, Oswaldo Cabrera, Gleyber Torres, DJ LeMahieu and Aaron Hicks ホームランd. It was the first time the Yankees went 深い four times in a game this season.

Torres and Jake Bauers 攻撃する,衝突する two-run ホームランs in the Yankees' 10-5 勝利,勝つ on Tuesday. New York reached 二塁打-digit runs for the third time this season and first time at home.

Aaron 裁判官 returned from a 権利 hip 緊張する and drove in two runs while Torres knocked in three, putting the Yankees in position to sweep a series for the first time ahead this year.

The 改良 is coming at a good time, as the Yankees will host a four-game series against the major-league-主要な Tampa Bay Rays beginning on Thursday.

"It's definitely nice," New York 経営者/支配人 Aaron Boone said. "We have a chance to have a really good series (Wednesday), so we want to put our best foot 今後 (Wednesday), but definitely every ser ies is big and anytime you can 得る,とらえる 勝利,勝つs throughout the season it's important."

Oakland is 4-for-22 with 走者s in 得点する/非難する/20ing position in the series and trying to 避ける getting swept for the fifth time. The A's had 10 攻撃する,衝突するs on Tuesday, with Jordan Diaz and Shea Langeliers doing much of the 損失.

Diaz ホームランd in three straight at-bats, hitting two 単独の 発射s and a two-run 運動 after going 深い once in his previous 29 major league games. Langeliers had three 攻撃する,衝突するs after going 8-for-54 (.148) over his 事前の 15 games.

"To have the game (Diaz) had tonight says something about the young man," Oakland 経営者/支配人 示す Kotsay said postgame. "He's got a special 道具, and he can 攻撃する,衝突する and he showed that tonight."

After Clarke Schmidt pitched a career-high six innings for New York on Tuesday, Jhony Brito (2-3, 6.08 ERA) will make his eighth career start on Wednesday.

Brito has 許すd three runs or より小数の in five of his starts but is coming off his second-worst 遠出, when he 許すd four runs on six 攻撃する,衝突するs in four innings during a no-決定/判定勝ち(する) at Tampa Bay on Friday.

Kyle Muller (1-2, 6.62 ERA) goes for the A's on Wednesday, hoping to turn in a solid 遠出 for an Oakland rotation that is 2-19 with a major league-worst 7.76 ERA.

Muller 許すd five runs on eight 攻撃する,衝突するs in 5 1/3 innings and got a 勝利,勝つ over the host Kansas City 王室のs on Friday. It was the first victory by an Oakland starter through 33 games, the longest 干ばつ to open a season in baseball history, によれば the Elias Sports Bureau.

Neither Brito nor Muller has 以前 直面するd his Wednesday 対抗者.

--Field Level マスコミ

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