Yankees flirt with franchise record vs. Athletics

New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge (99) gets a walk against the Athletics during the ninth inning at Sutter Health Park. Neville E. Guard-Imagn Images

Yankees flirt with franchise record vs. Athletics

By Mike J. Asti | Last updated May 31, 2026 10:58 PM ET

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One inning was all the New York Yankees needed to beat the Athletics on Sunday. In their 13-8 victory, one that clinched the weekend series, New York scored all 13 of their runs in an epic third inning.

To set the scene, the Yankees entered their historic, and almost franchise record-setting, monster inning trailing 3-0. New York's lineup then exploded for an inning that came one run shy of matching a performance no Yankees team has duplicated in over 100 years.

The Yankees' 13-run inning fell a single run shy of tying the most runs ever scored in an inning by any Yankees team ever. That honor still belongs to the 1920 team, which scored 14 runs, mostly benefiting from defensive errors, against the Washington Senators on July 6 of that year.

As for how Aaron Judge and the 2026 Yankees managed to score 13 runs in an inning, they did it surprisingly — without any home runs.

The Yankees put up 13 runs off 11 hits via 18 plate appearances, which also led to four walks and four stolen bases.

Lucky No. 13 for the Yankees

They came one run shy of their franchise record for most runs scored in a single inning! pic.twitter.com/sL3tiSH6sX
— MLB (@MLB) May 31, 2026

Ben Rice, who was 2-for-5 with four RBI in the game, blasted a double and a triple in the third. Former Athletic Max Schuemann was 1-for-3 with a double, a walk and two runs scored. Trent Grisham was the third Yankees player with multiple RBIs in the game.

Make it a dozen pic.twitter.com/M5jUxYdkl7
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) May 31, 2026

Judge, kept mostly in check, drove in his fourth run of the series, and Cody Bellinger registered an RBI and a walk, going 2-for-4.

Ironically enough, the Yankees failed to produce any other runs throughout the rest of the game, having to hold on and win despite the bullpen giving up four runs in the seventh and one in the eighth.

New York also flirted with setting a new franchise single-inning mark in 2005, sending 13 runs home in the eighth inning of a June 21 contest against the Tampa Bay Rays.

With the win, the 2026 Yankees are now 36-23 and only 1.5 games back of the Rays for the American East lead.

Mike J. Asti

Mike Asti is an experienced media personality and journalist with a vast resume and skillset, most notably from time with TribLIVE Radio and WPXI-TV. Asti now serves as the Managing Editor of WV Sports Now, where he leads the coverage of WVU sports. He has also covered the Steelers, Penguins, Pirates and other teams within the Pittsburgh market

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