OAKLAND — Over the course of the franchise’s longest hot streak in 60 years, Aaron Judge said that the Yankees learned to “go out there expecting to win every single game.” For the first time in more than two weeks, they did not shake hands in victory on Saturday, snapping their remarkable winning run at 13 games.
Néstor Cortes Jr. was peppered for three runs, including a Matt Chapman homer and a contested balk that forced in a run, and the Yankees’ thunderous bats went silent against Frankie Montas in a 3-2 loss to the A’s at the Oakland Coliseum. It was the Yanks’ first loss since the Aug. 12 Field of Dreams Game against the White Sox in Dyersville, Iowa.
“It’s time to start another streak,” Judge said after the game. “I think it just showed what we’re capable of. It’s something that I’ve preached all year about this team. Many people didn’t believe…
