OAKLAND, Calif. — When Jasson Dominguez starred in his eight-game cameo final September, the Yankees had been taking part in for subsequent to nothing.
This time round, the stakes are elevated, and after a quiet begin, the 21-year-old outfielder could also be beginning to discover his sea legs.
Dominguez drilled a game-tying two-run residence run Sunday, his second homer of the highway journey, to assist the Yankees seize a 7-4 win over the A’s that completed off a sweep on the Coliseum.
“Final 12 months, we weren’t even near the playoffs,” Dominguez stated earlier than the Yankees flew again to New York for his or her last homestand of the common season. “However this 12 months, the whole lot issues. Every thing that you simply do issues. For certain it’s totally different. The preparation is totally different.”
Dominguez now has reached base safely in 9 of his 11 video games since being referred to as up from Triple-A.
He had a tough highway journey defensively, permitting a pair of balls he ought to have caught to drop throughout the sequence towards the Mariners.
However he bookended the journey along with his first two residence runs of the season.
The one Sunday got here within the second inning after the A’s had taken a 2-0 lead within the backside of the primary.
“It means loads [to contribute],” Dominguez stated. “That’s what you’re making an attempt to do — you’re making an attempt to contribute to the crew in a method or one other. So it means loads to have the ability to assist the crew in any means.”
For the second straight begin, Luis Gil struggled along with his command within the first inning earlier than settling in.
He issued a pair of walks that each got here round to attain on a double by Tyler Soderstrom to place the Yankees in an early gap, although he was in a position to get by means of 5 ¹/₃ innings whereas giving up 4 runs.
“I felt like he by no means received in an ideal rhythm essentially, however like all the time, he’s troublesome to hit if he can restrict the walks and be within the strike zone sufficient,” supervisor Aaron Boone stated. “That first inning, the previous couple of, it’s been a bugaboo for him.”
Gleyber Torres roped the primary pitch of the sport up the center for a single and later homered within the fifth inning.
He now has reached base safely in 21 of his previous 22 video games and 43 of his previous 45 video games.
Over his previous 45 video games (since Aug. 2), he’s batting .301 with 5 doubles and 6 residence runs.
Torres led off all three video games of the A’s sequence with a single.
Tim Hill continued to be a weapon from the left aspect, retiring the aspect on 5 pitches within the seventh inning. … Alex Verdugo entered the sport within the eighth inning as a defensive substitute for Dominguez in left discipline.