Aaron Hicks broke out of his season-long slump with a two-run homer and the Yankees went deep four times to beat Oakland 7-2 on Monday night.
Gleyber Torres hit a tiebreaking solo drive in the sixth inning against former Yankees lefty JP Sears . Oswaldo Cabrera and DJ LeMahieu launched two-run shots off Sears as New York avoiding falling back to .500 for the second time in a week.
Batting from the left side of the plate, the switch-hitting Hicks lifted the first pitch from Austin Pruitt into the second deck in right field.Hicks dropped his bat and watched the ball soar into the stands before rounding the bases. Torres snapped a 2-all tie by lifting a fastball into the left-field seats. Two batters into the game, he was robbed of a home run by right fielder Ramón Laureano.
Nestor Cortes rebounded from his worst start with the Yankees and allowed two runs on six hits in five-plus innings. The left-hander's start was pushed back due to strep throat after he gave up seven runs and five hits in 4 2/3 innings on April 30 at Texas. Marinaccio induced a double play from Nick Allen to end the sixth and Ian Hamilton stranded two in the seventh.
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