NEW YORK—Mason Miller retired Aaron Judge with a runner on for his first four-out save, and the Oakland Athletics beat the New York Yankees 3–1 Thursday night for a split of the teams’ four-game series at Yankee Stadium.
Oakland’s Nick Allen and Tyler Nevin homered in the third inning off Nestor Cortes (1–2), and A’s left-hander Alex Wood (1–2) escaped bases-loaded trouble in the first and fourth innings.
New York was 1 for 7 with runners in scoring position, stranded 11 runners, and out-hit Oakland 11–6.
Miller, a 25-year-old right-hander, relieved T.J. McFarland with a runner on first in the eighth inning and struck out Jose Trevino on a 101.3 mph fastball.
He got Oswaldo Cabrera to take a called third strike starting the ninth, allowed a hard-hit infield single to Anthony Volpe, then struck out Juan Soto on a 101.9 mph pitch. After striking out against Miller for the second time this week, Soto slammed his bat.
“To see somebody get on base in the ninth, it got a little loud, so the adrenaline started pumping a little bit, but I quickly quieted it down with a strikeout,” Miller said.
Judge flied to right on a slider as Miller remained perfect in six save chances.
“Obviously it’s a pretty special fastball, but he’s got feel for his slider,” Yankees Manager Aaron Boone said. “So, he’s not just 80, here it comes. He mixes it up. It’s 100-plus miles an hour and it looks like that up close. They, obviously, look like they’ve got a good one at the back end.”
Miller needed 17 pitches to get the four outs, averaging 100.8 mph with eight fastballs. He struck out six of eight batters in the series and has fanned 23 in 11 1/3 innings this season.
“The kid is impressive, but he’s got a good slider to go with it and he showed that tonight a couple of times,” Oakland Manager Mark Kotsay said. “He’s really embraced this role. He loves it, and you can see just the energy when he comes into the game.”
Miller pitched his eighth consecutive scoreless outing. He has retired 31 of 38 hitters in that span, with 22 outs on strikeouts.
“He’s pretty good,” Trevino said.
Oakland scored three runs or fewer for the seventh straight game and 17th time this season. The A’s also homered for the 10th straight game.
Trevino homered off the screen attached to the right-field foul pole in the second, one pitch after Gleyber Torres was picked off. The 325-foot drive was the shortest fence-clearing homer in the major leagues this season.
Allen, son-in-law of Mr. Boone’s older brother, Bret, hit his first homer since Aug. 25 to tie the score in the third. Nevin, whose father, Phil, was Mr. Boone’s bench coach from 2018–21, homered into the right-field short porch.
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Athletics: Second baseman Zack Gelof (strained left oblique) was placed on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to Tuesday. Mr. Kotsay said it was a low-grade strain that was caught early.Up Next
Athletics: Right-hander Ross Stripling (0–5, 5.34 ERA) opposes right-hander Corbin Burnes (3–0, 2.76) in the opener of a three-game series Friday in Baltimore.Yankees: Right-hander Luis Gil (1–0, 2.75), who earned his first win in 993 days Sunday, opposes righty Colin Rea (2–0, 2.08) in the opener of a three-game series Friday in Milwaukee.
