NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge and Jon Berti homered to the short right-field porch of Yankee Stadium, and New York extended its winning streak to seven by beating the Chicago White Sox 7-2 on Sunday for a three-game sweep.
Judge’s homer was his 13th this season and seventh in 13 games. Eight of his last nine hits were for extra bases.
Carlos Rodón (5-2) won his third straight start for New York, an AL-best 33-15. The Yankees have won 13 of 15 and are on their longest winning streak since September 18-25, 2022. The Yankees won their fourth series, matching last year’s total.
Chicago, an AL-worst 14-33, has been swept seven times. The White Sox blew a 2-0 lead and fell to a Major League worst 4-19 ever.
“We just got outhomed,” Chicago manager Pedro Grifol said. “You’ve got to put the ball in the seats in this ballpark.”
New York’s Nos. 5-9 – Anthony Rizzo, Gleyber Torres, Jose Trevino and Berti – were 7 for 15 with five RBIs.
“Just contributions from everybody, the whole roster contributing,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said.
Trevino hit a tying two-run single in the second inning after striking out Zach Remillard at third to end the top half as the Yankees appealed a call that Martín Maldonado had checked his swing on a 0-2 roll.
Berti put the Yankees ahead 5–2 with a three-run homer in the fourth against Chris Flexen (2–4), an opposite-field drive on a cutter into the first row of right-center field seats above the former auxiliary scoreboard. The 370-foot drive was Berti’s first since the Yankees acquired him from Miami late in spring training and would only have been a home run at Yankee Stadium and Cincinnati, according to Statcast.
“It immediately felt good, but I didn’t know if I was getting enough,” Berti said. ‘Luckily there was enough. Of course, I think it would have been a Miami getaway, so it’s a lot more fun.”
Judge followed Juan Soto’s walk in the fifth by putting a first pitch from Flexen in the front row. The 300-foot shot wouldn’t have been a home run in any other ballpark, according to Statcast.
“A few minutes later I told him, ‘I think you’re the only one who can hit a ball like that,’” Boone said. “He held the ground so well, so he had some power behind him, but I thought it would go and, yeah, I mean, pretty impressive.”
Rodón (5-2) allowed two runs and four hits in six innings against the team that selected him third overall in the 2014 amateur draft. He struck out six and walked two.
Clay Holmes got the final two outs on four pitches after Michael Tonkin put two on base in the ninth.
“My goal was just to get out there and go as long as I could,” said Rodón, who Boone said felt sick in the days leading up to the start.
New York starters have allowed five runs and pitched at least six innings in the last seven starts, marking the third time in team history that Yankee starters have allowed five runs or fewer in a seven-game span.
Corey Julks hit his first home run this season and Remillard had an RBI triple as the White Sox were held to two runs or less for the 24th time this season. Julks made a leaping catch off the left-field wall, robbing Trevino of a home run in the sixth.
Flexen (2-4) allowed seven runs and eight hits in four-plus innings. It was the 16th time in 22 games that a Chicago starter did not throw five innings.
TRAINER’S ROOM
White Sox: INF Bryan Ramos, who was placed on the injured list on Wednesday, is expected to begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A Charlotte on Tuesday
Yankees: INF DJ LeMahieu had an RBI single, walked three, scored twice and played five innings in the field in a rehab assignment with Double-A Somerset. The two-time batting champion will play back-to-back games on Tuesday and Wednesday and three in a row next weekend. LeMahieu has been sidelined since breaking his right foot on a foul ball during spring training on March 16. … RHP Tommy Kahnle (shoulder inflammation) struck out two and threw 10 pitches in his third rehab appearance for Somerset and fifth overall. He will probably be activated on Wednesday.
NEXT ONE
White Sox: RHP Erick Fedde (4-0, 2.60 ERA) will face LHP Jose Berríos (4-3, 2.82) on Monday in the opener of a three-game series in Toronto.
Yankees: RHP Marcus Stroman (3-2, 3.33) will face Seattle RHP Logan Gilbert (3-2, 3.07) on Monday night in the opener of a four-game series.
