With a 7-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday afternoon, the host New York Yankees extended their winning streak to a season-high seven games. Jon Berti broke the tie with a three-run home run in the fourth inning, and Aaron Judge followed with a two-run home run in the fifth. The Yankees are 13-2 in their last 15 games and are enjoying their best winning streak since they also won seven straight games from September 18–25, 2022. Additionally, New York finished the season with its fourth series sweep.
The Yankees overcame an early two-run deficit thanks to a two-run single by Jose Trevino in the second. Berti’s single into the first row of right-center field bleachers next to New York’s bullpen, against Chicago starter Chris Flexen (2-4), broke a 2-2 tie. The infielder’s first home run since being acquired from the Miami Marlins at the conclusion of spring training was a 366-foot drive. After Juan Soto was given a walk, Judge crushed a pitch down the right field line for a 339-foot home run to give the Yankees a 7-2 lead. The ball bounced back onto the pitch after going into the first row. It was Judge’s seventh home run in his last 13 games and his 13th of the season. Carlos Rodon (5-2), a former Chicago starter, gave up two runs and four hits in six innings.
The left-hander won his third straight start while walking two and striking out six batters. In the ninth inning, Michael Tonkin scored two runs, and Clay Holmes easily recorded the final two outs. In the second inning off Rodon, Zach Remillard hit an RBI triple, and Corey Julks blasted a home run. Trevino picked off Remillard at third base to end the inning, and in the bottom of the second, Trevino hit a single to left to tie the game for the Yankees. For the eighth time, the White Sox were shut out and kept to two runs or fewer for the twenty-fourth time. In four and a half innings, Flexen gave up a season-high seven runs on eight hits. He walked one and struck out four.
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