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LeMahieu has career-high 6 RBIs, Yanks beat Phils 6-5 for 3-game

sweep and 5-game winning streak

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — DJ Le- MVP Bryce Harper went 0 champion hit his third ca-
Mahieu had a career-high for 5 with two strikeouts, hit reer slam and had hit first
six RBIs with a grand slam into a game-ending dou- game with two extra-base
and two-run double, Nestor ble play and is in a 1-for-30 hits since last Aug 25.
Cortes got his first road win slump. “It’s been a tough go,” Le-
this year and the New York “You know he’s going to Mahieu said. “Today felt
Yankees extended their come out of it at some good.”
winning streak to five with a point; he’s such a great hit- He hit an 83.4 mph slider
6-5 victory Wednesday that ter,” Phillies manager Rob off Cristopher Sánchez (7-
completed a three-game Thomson said. “He’s going 7) in the second inning, a
sweep of the slumping Phil- to start hitting home runs 400-drive upheld when a
adelphia Phillies. again, and he’s going to video review determined a
Giancarlo Stanton added start feeling good about fan did not interfere while
a pair of hits for New York, himself. Maybe he needs a making contact with the
which rebounded from day off to clear his head a ball. “I was trying to put
a 10-23 slide with its best New York Yankees’ DJ LeMahieu, center, celebrates his grand little bit.” something in the air, put
stretch since eight con- slam with Carlos Narvaez, left, as Philadelphia Phillies catcher The Phillies had not been something in the outfield,”
secutive wins from May 9 to Garrett Stubbs, right, looks on during the second inning of a swept in a three-game se- LeMahieu said. “Put a
June 6. The Yankees (65-45) baseball game, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Philadelphia. ries at home since July 22- good swing on it.”
headed home a half-game Associated Press 24, 2022. After Philadelphia closed
behind AL East-leading Bal- know we can beat any- and Nick Castellanos had In a season-long slump, Le- to 4-3, LeMahieu hit a two-
timore (65-44). one,” Yankees manager three RBIs for the Phillies, Mahieu entered with a .173 run double off in the sixth
“We know we’re good and Aaron Boone said. who have lost four in a row batting average and 13 off José Ruiz.
when we play well, we Weston Wilson homered and 11 of 15. Two-time NL RBIs. The two-time batting “Really excited for him,”
Boone said.
“Obviously, guys know he’s
grinding, know he’s going
through it. He was clearly
the difference today.”
Cortes (5-9) had been 0-5
with a 6.18 ERA in 11 road
starts while 4-4 with a 2.47
at Yankee Stadium. He al-
lowed three runs and three
hits in 5 1/3 innings with six
strikeouts.
Cortes had been 0-4 in six
starts since beating Balti-
more on June 18.
“His stuff was great,” Boone
said.
After setting a Yankees re-
cord with four home runs
in his first three games Jazz
Chisholm Jr. went 1 for 4
with a single.
Clay Holmes worked
around Kyle Schwarber’s
leadoff single in the ninth
for his 22nd save in 30
chances, his first since July
12. Holmes wasted a ninth-
inning lead Tuesday with a
run-scoring wild pitch.
“You want to get back out
there and help the team
win,” Holmes said.
Philadelphia nearly took
the lead in the seventh
when Austin Hays’ drive to
left off Tommy Kahnle with
two on was snared against
the wall near the left-field
foul pole by Alex Verdugo.
After Castellanos’ RBI sin-
gle in the eighth pulled the
Phillies within a run, newly
acquired right-hander
Mark Leiter Jr. stranded the
bases loaded by striking
out Brandon Marsh. q