SAN FRANCISCO — On Wu-Tang Night, it was the Yankees — and their fans — who brought the ruckus.
Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton both hit two-run homers for New York as the Giants fell to the Yankees 7-3 on Saturday at Oracle Park, dropping their third straight and dipping back below the .500 mark.
A night after hitting two home runs in his first game at Oracle Park, Judge opened up the scoring with a 464-foot, two-run shot that nearly cleared the left-field bleachers, giving the Yankees an early 2-0.
New York (41-19) added two more runs in the third, extending the lead to 4-0. Juan Soto drove in a run with a sacrifice fly, and after the Giants (29-30) intentionally walked Judge, Alex Verdugo extended the Yankees’ lead with an RBI single.
Despite the rough beginning, Logan Webb shut down the Yankees over the next four frames and ended his night having allowed four runs across seven innings.
Casey Schmitt created much-needed excitement for the home crowd in the bottom half, launching a two-run shot, his first homer of the year, and flipping his bat as he began his jog.
The Giants added another run in the fifth, largely thanks to a successful challenge.
With one out, Heliot Ramos tagged up from second to third on Schmitt’s fly out, but second base umpire Hunter Wendelstedt determined that Ramos left early, allowing the Yankees to turn an inning-ending double play. San Francisco successfully challenged the call, putting Ramos at third with two outs. Two pitches later, Brett Wisely rolled a single into right field, cutting the deficit to 4-3.
While San Francisco got close to tying the ball game, New York landed a haymaker in the top of the eighth. Verdugo extended the Yankees’ lead to 5-3 with an RBI single, then Stanton delivered the backbreaking blow with a two-run home run that gave the Bronx Bombers a 7-3 lead.
The Giants will send Blake Snell (0-3, 10.42 ERA) to the mound on Sunday, looking to avoid being swept.
