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By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO — In their first appearance at Oracle Park in nearly 12 years, the New York Yankees showed why they are on a roll lately.

Gleyber Torres got it going in the first inning, as he doubled in DJ LeMahieu, who led off the game with a double of his own and the Yankees defeated the San Francisco Giants 7-3 before a crowd of 34,950 at Oracle Park.

With the victory, the Yankees have won seven out of their last eight and improve to 4-1 on their three-city, nine-game road trip thru Anaheim, San Francisco and Arizona.

The top three Yankees hitters in the lineup of Torres, LeMahieu and Luke Voit went a combined 8-for-13 with six runs scored and four runs batted in.

Cameron Maybin drove in the second run of the inning, as he singled in Torres, while Gio Urshela went to second. Urshela singled just before Maybin. Madison Bumgarner was able to regroup, as he got Austin Romine to groundout to Bumgarner and then Mike Tauchman struck out swinging to end the inning.

It may have taken 26 games, but the Giants finally scored in the first inning, as Tyler Austin singled, then Brandon Belt doubled Austin to third and then Buster Posey hit a sacrifice fly to Maybin that allowed Austin to score.

Urshela drove in the Yankees third run of the evening, as he singled to left field to score Voit, who singled to lead off the third inning, went to second on a Torres sacrifice bunt and then scored on the Urshela single. Urshela advanced an additional 90 feet, when Belt misplayed the ball in left field.

Voit got in on the act in the top of the fifth inning, as he doubled to left to score LeMahieu, as Voit stretched streak of reaching base up to 37 games in a row.

The power-hitting first baseman ended the night by going 3-for-4 with a two-run home run and three RBIs.

Steven Duggar came up with the defensive play of the night in that fifth inning, as he threw out Voit attempting to go to third base. It was the ninth outfield assist of the season for the Giants, tying them for the most in the major leagues with the Boston Red Sox and the Miami Marlins.

The Yankees lengthened their lead in the top of the sixth inning, as Thairo Estrada picked up his first major league RBI, as he singled to center field to score Austin Romine.

Buster Posey cut the Yankees lead down to 5-2 in the bottom of the sixth inning, as he doubled to score Austin and then Yangervis Solarte drove in Posey, as he singled.

It was a nice return to the Bay Area for LeMahieu, who played for the Colorado Rockies from 2012-2018, and began his career with the Chicago Cubs in 2011.

James Paxton pitched a great game for the Yankees, as he went 5.2 innings, giving up three runs on five hits, walking two and striking out eight and improved to 3-2 on the season.

Bumgarner also went 5.2 innings, allowing five runs, on five hits, while not walking a batter and striking out five and saw his record fall to 1-4 on the season.

The 11 hits allowed by Bumgarner tied a career-high, as it was the fourth time that he gave up 11 hits in a game. The last time that Bumgarner gave up 11 hits in the same game was on September 11, 2012 against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field.

NOTES: With their run in the first inning, the Giants now have been outscored 16-1 in the opening frame and are now 9-for-84 at the plate, a .107 clip.

While the Yankees have a MLB-high 13 players on the injured list, the Giants have just one player on the IL, as Johnny Cueto is on the 60-day disabled list, while he recovers from Tommy John surgery.

Jordan Montgomery, Dellin Betances, Jacoby Ellsbury, Didi Gregorius, Ben Heller, Aaron Hicks, Luis Severino, Giancarlo Stanton, Miguel Andujar, Troy Tulowitzki, Greg Bird, Aaron Judge and Clint Frazier are the 13 Yankees currently on the injured list.

This day in Giants history, Cueto threw his first shutout in a Giants uniform, as he shutout the San Diego Padres 1-0. It was also the 100th win of Cuetos career.

On this date in 1961, Roger Maris hit his first of his 61 home runs of the season, as the Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers 13-11 in 10 innings at Tiger Stadium. Mickey Mantle, who hit 54 home runs that season hit home runs from both sides of the plate, as he hit a two-run home run in the top of the eighth inning and then another two-run home run in the top of the 10th inning.

Also on this date in 2005, Alex Rodriguez hit three home runs and drove in 10 runs, as the Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 12-4. Rodriguez became just the second Yankees player to drive in 10 or more runs in a game, trailing Tony Lazzeri, who drove in 11 runs on May 24, 1936, as the Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 25-2.

UP NEXT: Derek Holland takes the mound for the Giants, as he makes his sixth start of the season and the 220th start of his career. This will be the 11th career start for Holland against the Yankees, as he is 1-7 with a 6.38 ERA.

J.A. Happ will head to the hill for the Yankees in the middle game of this three-game series, as he looks for his first win of the season against two losses. In his career versus the Giants, Happ is 1-4 with a 4.80 ERA in five career starts.