Hicks turns jeers to cheers with 1st HR of ’23

NEW YORK — Aaron Hicks dropped his bat as if a weight had lastly been lifted.

Standing within the batter’s field, watching his lengthy drive soar towards the seats in proper discipline, a way of aid seemingly washed over the Yankees’ left fielder. After listening to boos from the Yankee Stadium crowd following his first two unsuccessful at-bats of the evening — in what has turn out to be a standard prevalence for the 33-year-old over the previous two seasons — Hicks made his third plate look rely.

The No. 9 hitter in New York’s lineup, Hicks launched a two-run homer to the second deck, offering an exclamation mark of his personal within the seventh inning of the Yankees’ 7-2 win over the A’s in Monday evening’s sequence opener. It was the embattled veteran’s first residence run of the season.

In reality, the entire Yanks’ runs got here through the lengthy ball. Oswaldo Cabrera opened the scoring within the fifth with a two-run homer to left discipline. Gleyber Torres smashed the sport’s go-ahead blast together with his solo shot within the sixth. And DJ LeMahieu padded the benefit with a two-run homer of his personal two batters later.

As he crossed residence plate after his trot across the bases, Hicks banged his chest twice and let loose a roar, taking within the crowd cheering his title as an alternative.