


New torpedo bats drew attention when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers that traveled a combined 3,695 feet on Saturday.
Using a strikingly different model in which wood is moved lower down the barrel after the label and shapes the end a little like a bowling pin, Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger, Austin Wells, Anthony Volpe and Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered in New York’s 20-9 rout of the Milwaukee Brewers.
“That’s just trying to be the best we can be,” manager Aaron Boone said Sunday. “That’s one of the things that’s gotten pointed out. I say to you guys all the time, we’re trying to win on the margins and that shows up in so many different ways.”
MLB has relatively uncomplicated bat rules, stating under 3.02: “The bat shall be a smooth, round stick not more than 2.61 inches in diameter at the thickest part and not more than 42 inches in length. The bat shall be one piece of solid wood.” It goes on to state there may be a cupped indentation up to 1 1/4 inches in depth, 2 inches wide and with at least a 1-inch diameter, and experimental models must be approved by MLB.
Yankees 12, Brewers 3 >> Aaron Judge homered in his first at-bat, Chisholm Jr. homered twice and New York went deep four times in a home victory over Milwaukee on Sunday, a day after becoming the third team in major league history to hit nine homers in a game.
The Yankees hit a total of 15 homers and scored 36 runs as they swept the three-game series.
A day after homering three times and finishing with a career-high eight RBIs, Judge hit a two-run homer off Aaron Civale (0-1) in the first inning.
Judge was intentionally walked in the third and drew walks in the fifth and seventh.
Chisholm homered after Judge’s intentional walk and went deep after Judge’s third walk.
Ben Rice added a two-run homer.
Padres 5, Braves 0 >> Nick Pivetta threw seven innings of one-hit ball in a brilliant debut with San Diego, which blanked Atlanta Braves to sweep a four-game home series.
The Padres are 4-0 for the first time since 1998, when they reached the World Series.
Pivetta, who signed a four-year contract in February, faced the minimum 21 batters. He allowed a single in the third to Orlando Arcia. Pivetta struck out four and walked none.
The Braves sent the minimum 27 batters to the plate. Marcell Ozuna drew Atlanta’s only walk, off Jason Adam leading off the seventh.
Diamondbacks 10, Cubs 6 >> Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a game-tying, two-run homer, Josh Naylor had the go-ahead RBI double and Arizona used an eight-run eighth inning to rally past visiting Chicago.
The Cubs took a 6-2 lead in the top of the eighth on Kyle Tucker’s three-run homer.
Mariners 2, Athletics 1 >> Julio Rodríguez hit a 438-foot, two-run homer in the sixth to give host Seattle the lead and Bryan Woo pitched six dominant innings to beat the Athletics.
Woo, out of Alameda High School, allowed one run and three hits with five strikeouts.