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Healy hits 2 HRs to power A's past Yankees 5-2

OAKLAND, Calif. — Even as Ryon Healy tinkers with his plate approach, teammates think the Oakland third baseman deserves All-Star consideration.

Easy to see why on days like this.

Healy went deep twice for his third multihomer game in two weeks, Matt Joyce also hit a long ball and the Athletics beat the New York Yankees 5-2 on Saturday.

"I think it's been really impressive, obviously, what he did today, but what he's done as a whole this season," Oakland reliever Sean Doolittle said after Healy hit his eighth home run in 14 games. "I don't think he got off to the start he wanted to, at least in April.