Joyce reached base five times, Jesse Hahn (3-4) pitched five innings to defeat NY for the first time in his career and Jed Lowrie had an RBI single to keep the A's rolling at home. Torres dove awkwardly around the catcher in the fourth inning and appeared to injure his left arm.
One pitch into the bottom half, NY was trailing when Matt Joyce launched a fastball down and away into the seats in right-center field for a leadoff homer (8).
They are headed home to the Bronx in a June skid, emotionally and physically spent from the California heat, long games and losing so many close ones.
Matt Joyce led off the first inning with a home run and went 3-for-3 with a double, two walks and two runs scored for the A's. "For the rest of the year these guys are going to be somewhat exhausted, that's just the bottom line".
The right-hander allowed two runs and three hits and had six strikeouts, including two against home run leader Aaron Judge.
The free-falling Bombers were swept by the last-place Athletics, and return to NY having lost a season-high six games in a row. "I don't think he got off to the start he wanted to, at least in April".
Their sweep of the Yankees happened later in the season in 2012, they had fewer hurdles to jump over and the team was, overall, just a tad more seasoned than the 2017 Athletics.
"You know at some point you're going to go through some tough spells", Girardi said.
Wednesday: Los Angeles Angels at Yankees, 7:05 p.m., YES Network; RHP Ricky Nolasco (2-8, 5.01) vs. LHP Jordan Montgomery (4-4, 3.78).
Hahn had an uneven outing but stuck around long enough to win his second straight.
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It marks the A's first sweep of any series since September 12-15 of last season, when they took four at Kansas City.
Holliday hit a towering solo homer in the second that reached the top of the elevated bleachers then Aaron Judge had an RBI single in the third on a scorching Sunday. The warmest day for baseball ever here was 92.
The series looked like a mismatch from the outset, with the brawny New York Yankees visiting the error-prone, cellar-dwelling Oakland Athletics.
Oakland's Sean Doolittle pitched the ninth for his third save and second in as many games after coming off the DL on June 10. In the second inning, he crushed Masahiro Tanaka with a bolt to left field that tied the game at 2-all.
NY catcher Gary Sanchez was written into the lineup after going through pregame work to test his tender groin, an injury from Thursday night.
In Arlington, Texas, Mike Napoli hit two home runs, connecting along with Rougned Odor and Choo Shin-soo in the sixth inning. LHP Chapman had been out since May 13 with inflammation in the rotator cuff of his pitching shoulder. Holliday sat out Saturday's game suffering from allergy symptoms. Home plate umpire Ted Barrett took a ball off the left knee in the fifth but was fine to stay in the game.
The Yankees, off on Monday, lost their sixth straight to finish 1-6 on a trip that started with a victory last Monday in Anaheim, which was their sixth straight victory. Officers responding to a crash shot and wounded a motorist who drove at them.
"If you're a Matt Chapman, a Chad Pinder, a Jaycob Brugman, guys that are just getting here, to know you can have a series like this gives you a lot of confidence, not only in yourself but as a team", Melvin said.
Luis Cessa make his first big-league start of the year on Sunday as the Yankees attempt to avoid their first four-game sweep at Oakland since 2012.
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