SAN FRANCISCO — Juan Soto scored twice, including a go-ahead run in a four-run ninth inning against All-Star closer Camilo Doval, and the New York Yankees beat the San Francisco Giants 7-5 on Sunday.
Giants starter Blake Snell, a two-time Cy Young Award winner, left in the fifth with a groin injury and will undergo an MRI.
Anthony Volpe hit an RBI triple and Giancarlo Stanton ran in a double against Doval in the ninth.
Aaron Judge had two singles as he extended his on-base streak to 29 games as the AL East leaders won their fifth straight and completed a 7-2 three-city California road trip with a three-game sweep at Oracle Park .
Soto struck out Snell in the first inning, then hit a bunt single and scored in the fifth.
New York trailed 5-3 in the ninth before Gleyber Torres sparked the rally with a leadoff single. Yankees catcher Jose Trevino hit a fielder’s choice, beating a potential double play, and Volpe sent a line drive into the alley-oop triple in right-center to hit Trevino. Soto followed with his 17th home run to give New York a 6-5 lead, which had a large portion of the crowd wearing Yankees gear roaring.
Soto threw his bat high in the air, thumped his chest, and shouted in excitement toward the Yankees dugout. New York has scored a season-high 12 straight games.
Judge walked, stole second and continued to third on a throwing error by catcher Curt Casaili before scoring on Stanton’s double to right center.
Michael Tonkin (2-3) pitched two scoreless innings to earn the win. Clay Holmes had a perfect ninth for his 17th save.
Soto, the game’s second hitter, gave the Yankees momentum when he hit a 2-2 fastball from Snell into the stands in right center. The three-time All-Star later made a perfect play and scored on Alex Verdugo’s double in the fifth.
Heliot Ramos scored and drove in three runs for the Giants. Casey Schmitt also hit and Jorge Soler had three hits. San Francisco has lost four in a row.
Snell, the 2023 NL Cy Young Award winner with San Diego, had seven strikeouts and allowed five hits and three runs in his first start against the Yankees since 2020. Snell failed to go beyond five innings in one of his six starts with the Giants and has an ERA of 9.51.
Ramos hit his third home run of the season off Yankees starter Nestor Cortes in the third, and then put the Giants ahead with a two-run reliever Dennis Santana in the sixth.
Cortes had seven strikeouts and no walks in 4 1/3 innings. He gave up seven hits and three walks. The lefty has a 6.16 ERA on the road and 1.12 at home.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Yankees: RHP Gerrit Cole (elbow) will begin a rehab assignment at Double-A Somerset on Tuesday, manager Aaron Boone told reporters. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner has been sidelined since spring training.
Giants: OF Michael Conforto (right hamstring) and OF Austin Slater (concussion) continue their rehab duties at Triple-A Sacramento. … INF Nick Ahmed had a slight setback with his wrist injury during the first game of his rehab assignment and is receiving treatment. … INF Thairo Estrada (thumb) did not play.
NEXT
Yankees: After a bad day, rookie RHP Luis Gil (7-1, 1.99 ERA) faces the Twins on Tuesday night in New York.
Giants: Had not announced a starter for Monday’s series opener at Arizona.
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