Bernie, Yanks Slam Oakland

Bernie Williams' grand slam capped an eight-run second inning as the New York Yankees won their sixth straight game with a 12-8 victory Monday night over the Oakland Athletics.

Chuck Knoblauch, Derek Jeter and Ricky Ledee added solo homers for the Yankees. Knoblauch and Jeter hit consecutive shots in the fifth.

Williams, who has 19 homers this season, is 17-for-32 with runners in scoring position since the All-Star break. His slam was one of five, a major league record, hit Monday.

Ramiro Mendoza (5-7), the third of four New York pitchers, allowed one run in 2 2-3 innings for the win.

Tony Phillips hit a two-run homer and Mike Macfarlane had a two-run single as the A's scored four in the second. It was Phillips' 14th homer of the season, but his first since June 17 a span of 38 games and 144 at-bats.

Scott Spiezio had a solo homer in the third and an RBI groundout in the sixth for the A's, who had a four-game winning streak snapped. A href="http://www.sportsline.com/u/baseball/mlb/players/player_7633.htm">Jason Giambi and Eric Chavez added RBI singles.

Both starters struggled. Jimmy Haynes (7-11) allowed six runs in 1 1-3 innings for the A's and now has a 16.47 ERA in his last four starts.

Hideki Irabu, despite being given an 8-0 lead in the second inning, lasted just four innings and allowed six runs on eight hits for New York.

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