Acce s the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees. WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. After his first taste of Major League Baseball in a steamy, windy minor league park, Aaron Judge watched as a couple of mishits ended up on the warning track. Its a good place to hit, Judge declared Friday. Look forward to tomorrow. He and much of the Yankees offense seemed to enjoy the perks and quirks of a capital city in which baseballs played more like bouncy balls. The only problem: So did the As. On an afternoon in which drifting outfielders were perplexed that the balls just kept going, the no-longer-Oakland club used three home runs and a strong finish to Leo Jimenez Jersey out-offense and out-element the Yankees 11-7 in front of another sellout crowd at Sutter Health Park on Saturday. The Yankees (22-17) wasted a multihomer game from Judge, a resounding go-ahead shot from Oswald Peraza and a spirited comeback from a four-run deficit. They led after six innings before the bullpen allowed seven runs in the seventh and eighth. Brent Rooker (25) celebrates with teammates Jacob Wilson (left) and Jhonny Pereda (64) after hitting a three run home run in the third inning of the Yankees 11-7 lo s to the As on May 10, 2025. Dennis Lee-Imagn Images Aaron Judge hits one of his two solo home run during the fourth inning of the Yankees lo s to the As. Dennis Lee-Imagn Images Explore More The game-changing hit in the seventh inning, which came with two on base, Fernando Cruz believed to be a fly out. He left a split-finger in the middle of the strike zone to Shea Langeliers, who appeared to get under the pitch. Cruz scurried behind home to serve as a backup on a play at the plate for a batted ball manager Aaron Boone said felt like kind of a fly ball to center. Trent Grisham drifted back. And drifted. He hit the warning track and then was nearly blindsided by the wall, bouncing off of it for what became a go-ahead, three-run home run. Aaron Judge celebrates in the dugout after hitting a solo home run in the fourth inning of the Yankees lo s to the As. AP I thought it was a sacrifice fly, said Cruz, who was charged with those three runs while recording two outs. I was already thinking about the next hitter to get him out. Grisham noticed the wind picking up in the sixth inning, which led to a few outfield adventures. In the As four-run eighth inning, when they reached base against a wild Ian Hamilton before hitting Tyler Matzek hard, Grisham backtracked for another ball off Langeliers bat, which kept traveling and sailed over his glove for a two-run double. CHECK OUT THE AND Tough day out there, Grisham said. Definitely hitter friendly. But everybody has to play in this park, added Carlos Rodn, who struck out 10 in six innings but allowed four runs all on a pair of home runs, first a mistake slider that resulted in a rocket, three-run homer to Brent Rooker and later a solo shot from Luis Uras that the wind may have helped. Theres not many buildings around to knock down [the wind]. Its not a big, built-up stadium. The wind plays a big factor especially during the day. Thats what makes the game interesting. Mason Miller celebrates after striking out Paul Goldschmidt end the top of the eighth inning during the Yankees lo s to the As. Getty Images Carlos Rodon throws a pitch during the first inning of the Yankees lo s to the As. Dennis Lee-Imagn Images If the late collapse were wind- and heat-aided, the Yankees comeback from an early 4-0 deficit might have been, too. In the fourth, Judge stepped to the plate and heard an Overrated! chant from one fan (whose voice could clearly be heard, one of the oddities of playing a game in front of 12,113 fans). On the first pitch he saw from former teammate JP Sears, Judge got enough of a four-seamer for a homer that just cleared the wall in right-center. Two innings later, Judge smacked his second of the day, this one off reliever Justin Sterner. Judges no-doubter bounced halfway up the batters eye in straightaway center for his majors-best 14th homer of the season. Aaron Boone takes pitcher Fernando Cruz out of the game in the seventh inning of the Yankees lo s to the As. Getty Images Oswald Peraza (18) celebrates with Ja son Dominguez after hitting a two-run homer in the sixth inning of the Yankees win over the As. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect In the sixth, the Yankees scored two more on sacrifice flies from Austin Wells and pinch-hitting Oswaldo Cabrera. In a tie game with Ja son Domnguez on first, Peraza got hold of a 1-2, middle-of-the-plate sweeper and pulled it just fair down the left field line for a two-run shot that put the Yankees ahead, a lead that would last one inning. Go beyond the box score with the Bombers Sign up for Inside the Yankees by Greg Joyce, exclusively on Sports+. Thank you By clicking above you agree to the and . Enjoy this Post Sports+ exclusive newsletter! The Yankees did not blame the ballpark, and they wasted a few chances. Anthony Volpe was too aggre sive in the second, trying to tag up to third base on a fly out to left that instead became a frame-ending double play. They could have done damage in the eighth inning, when they put the tying run on second and go-ahead run on first, but fireballing closer Mason Miller struck out pinch hitter Ben Rice and Paul Goldschmidt. Just unfortunately we couldnt hold on, Rodn said. As a group we need to throw the ball better, including myself. David Wells Jersey