A’s ride on four home runs to snap skid

New York: Khris Davis, Matt Chapman, Jed Lowrie and Matt Joyce all homered as the Oakland Athletics beat the Yankees 10-5 Friday night, leaving New York with back-to-back losses for the first time in more than a month.

The A’s had lost three in a row before roughing up Sonny Gray, their former ace.

Oakland have won five straight overall against the Yankees. Marcus Semien drove in four runs for the A’s, three on a double in the ninth inning.

Davis led off the second inning with his 10th home run, driving a fastball into the right-field bleachers. After Matt Olson singled, Chapman hit an 0-2 pitch 429 feet into the loading dock in centre for a 3-0 lead.