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Soto has 1st career 3-homer game as Yankees beat White Sox 4-1 behind Cortes
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Soto has 1st career 3-homer game as Yankees beat White Sox 4-1 behind Cortes

2024-08-14 11:37 Last Updated At:11:41

CHICAGO (AP) — Juan Soto had his first career three-homer game, Nestor Cortes tossed seven shutout innings and the New York Yankees held off the Chicago White Sox 4-1 on Tuesday night to take sole possession of the AL East lead.

Soto tagged starter Jonathan Cannon (2-6) for a two-run shot to left field in the third inning and went the other way again on a leadoff homer in the fifth. The four-time All-Star added his 33rd of the season in the seventh off left-handed reliever Fraser Ellard, pulling a drive to right that made it 4-0.

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New York Yankees starting pitcher Nestor Cortes delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees starting pitcher Nestor Cortes delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Chicago White Sox pitcher Jonathan Cannon follows through during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Chicago White Sox pitcher Jonathan Cannon follows through during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees' Juan Soto celebrates his third home run of the game during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees' Juan Soto celebrates his third home run of the game during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

The New York Yankees outfielders from left, Alex Verdugo, Aaron Judge and Juan Soto celebrate the team's 4-1 win over the Chicago White Sox in a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

The New York Yankees outfielders from left, Alex Verdugo, Aaron Judge and Juan Soto celebrate the team's 4-1 win over the Chicago White Sox in a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees' Juan Soto, right, watches his home run off Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Jonathan Cannon, his second of the game, in the fifth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees' Juan Soto, right, watches his home run off Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Jonathan Cannon, his second of the game, in the fifth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells, left, and relief pitcher Jake Cousins celebrate the team's 4-1 win over the Chicago White Sox in a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells, left, and relief pitcher Jake Cousins celebrate the team's 4-1 win over the Chicago White Sox in a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees' Juan Soto, right, celebrates his home run off Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Jonathan Cannon with Aaron Judge during the fifth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees' Juan Soto, right, celebrates his home run off Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Jonathan Cannon with Aaron Judge during the fifth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees' Juan Soto, right, celebrates his home run off Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Jonathan Cannon with third base coach Luis Rojas during the fifth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees' Juan Soto, right, celebrates his home run off Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Jonathan Cannon with third base coach Luis Rojas during the fifth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees starting pitcher Nestor Cortes delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees starting pitcher Nestor Cortes delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees' Juan Soto tosses his bat after hitting a home run off Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Fraser Ellard, Soto's third of the game, during the seventh inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees' Juan Soto tosses his bat after hitting a home run off Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Fraser Ellard, Soto's third of the game, during the seventh inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees' Juan Soto watches his two-run home run off Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Jonathan Cannon during the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees' Juan Soto watches his two-run home run off Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Jonathan Cannon during the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

With a chance to match the major league record of four home runs in a game, Soto walked his final time up in the ninth. He smiled after swinging and missing at a 3-0 pitch that was a little out of the strike zone.

Cortes (6-10), who gave up nine hits and six earned runs in a short outing against the Angels five days earlier, scattered three hits and equaled his season best with nine strikeouts.

Luis Robert Jr. spoiled New York’s shutout bid with an eighth-inning RBI single off Mark Leiter Jr. Jake Cousins, the last of four relievers, got three outs — two with the bases loaded — for his first career save.

The Yankees moved a half-game in front of second-place Baltimore, which lost to the Washington Nationals.

Cannon gave up five hits and walked three while striking out four in 4 2/3 innings. The major league-worst White Sox (29-92) had five hits one night after rolling up 18 in a 12-2 victory. They’ve dropped 31 of their last 36 games.

Yankees slugger Aaron Judge went 2 for 3 with a pair of singles and two walks to remain at 299 career home runs.

Soto produced the 40th three-homer game in Yankees history, including the postseason, and second this year — following rookie Ben Rice on July 6 against Boston.

The 25-year-old Soto has 23 career multi-homer games. The only player with more by age 25 was Hall of Fame slugger Mel Ott with 24.

In his last 28 games, Soto is batting .351 with 12 home runs and a 1.233 OPS.

New York manager Aaron Boone said before the game that third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. is likely headed to the injured list with a left elbow injury. It appears Chisholm damaged the ulnar collateral ligament on a slide in Monday’s game.

The club expects to have enough diagnostic information to make a decision by Wednesday.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Yankees: C Jose Trevino (left quadriceps strain) was scheduled to make another rehab start for Double-A Somerset on Tuesday. He’s been on the 10-day IL since July 13. … Boone said RHP Ian Hamilton (lat strain) will throw a live bullpen this weekend. He’s been out since June 18.

White Sox: Robert was back in the lineup after getting a day off Monday. … The club hasn’t given up on getting 3B Yoán Moncada (adductor strain) back this season, but interim manager Grady Sizemore said there still isn’t a clear timetable for a potential return. Moncada hasn’t played since early April.

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Chicago RHP Davis Martin (0-1, 3.65 ERA) makes his third start of the season in Wednesday night’s series finale. The Yankees had not announced a scheduled starter.

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New York Yankees starting pitcher Nestor Cortes delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees starting pitcher Nestor Cortes delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Chicago White Sox pitcher Jonathan Cannon follows through during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Chicago White Sox pitcher Jonathan Cannon follows through during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees' Juan Soto celebrates his third home run of the game during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees' Juan Soto celebrates his third home run of the game during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

The New York Yankees outfielders from left, Alex Verdugo, Aaron Judge and Juan Soto celebrate the team's 4-1 win over the Chicago White Sox in a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

The New York Yankees outfielders from left, Alex Verdugo, Aaron Judge and Juan Soto celebrate the team's 4-1 win over the Chicago White Sox in a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees' Juan Soto, right, watches his home run off Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Jonathan Cannon, his second of the game, in the fifth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees' Juan Soto, right, watches his home run off Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Jonathan Cannon, his second of the game, in the fifth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells, left, and relief pitcher Jake Cousins celebrate the team's 4-1 win over the Chicago White Sox in a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells, left, and relief pitcher Jake Cousins celebrate the team's 4-1 win over the Chicago White Sox in a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees' Juan Soto, right, celebrates his home run off Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Jonathan Cannon with Aaron Judge during the fifth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees' Juan Soto, right, celebrates his home run off Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Jonathan Cannon with Aaron Judge during the fifth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees' Juan Soto, right, celebrates his home run off Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Jonathan Cannon with third base coach Luis Rojas during the fifth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees' Juan Soto, right, celebrates his home run off Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Jonathan Cannon with third base coach Luis Rojas during the fifth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees starting pitcher Nestor Cortes delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees starting pitcher Nestor Cortes delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees' Juan Soto tosses his bat after hitting a home run off Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Fraser Ellard, Soto's third of the game, during the seventh inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees' Juan Soto tosses his bat after hitting a home run off Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Fraser Ellard, Soto's third of the game, during the seventh inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees' Juan Soto watches his two-run home run off Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Jonathan Cannon during the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

New York Yankees' Juan Soto watches his two-run home run off Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Jonathan Cannon during the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

JINSAFUT, West Bank (AP) — Shortly after suspected Jewish settlers stormed Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank late Monday, setting cars and property ablaze, U.S. President Donald Trump canceled sanctions against Israelis accused of violence in the territory.

The reversal of the Biden administration's sanctions, which were meant to punish radical settlers, could set the tone for a presidency that is expected to be more tolerant of Israel's expansion of settlements and of violence toward Palestinians. In Trump's previous term he lavished support on Israel, and he has once again surrounded himself with aides who back the settlers.

Settler leaders rushed to praise Trump’s decision on the sanctions, which were first imposed nearly a year ago as violence surged during the war in Gaza. The sanctions were later expanded to include other Israelis seen as violent or radical.

Finance Minister and settler firebrand Bezalel Smotrich called it a just decision, saying the sanctions were a “severe and blatant foreign intervention.” In a post on social media platform X, he went on to praise Trump's “unwavering and uncompromising support for the state of Israel.”

The West Bank's 3 million Palestinians already live under seemingly open-ended Israeli military rule, with the Palestinian Authority administering cities and towns. Smotrich and other hard-line settler leaders want Israel to annex the West Bank and rebuild settlements in Gaza, territories that Israel seized during the 1967 Mideast war.

Palestinians want both territories for a future state and have long viewed the settlements as a major obstacle to peace, while the international community overwhelmingly considers them illegal. There are more than 500,000 settlers in the West Bank who have Israeli citizenship.

At her confirmation hearing on Tuesday, Rep. Elise Stefanik, Trump's pick for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said Israel had a “biblical right” to the occupied territory.

Late Monday, dozens of masked men who are widely believed to be settlers marauded through at least two Palestinian villages and attacked homes and businesses, according to officials in Jinsafut and Al-Funduq, which are roughly 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Jerusalem.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said it treated 12 people who were beaten by the men. It gave no details on their condition. Israel’s military said the men hurled rocks at soldiers who had arrived to disperse them, and that it had launched an investigation.

Violence has surged in the West Bank during the Gaza war, so it was not clear if the attack had any link to the inauguration. On Tuesday, meanwhile, Israel launched a deadly raid on the Jenin refugee camp.

Jalal Bashir, the head of Jinsafut’s village council, said that the men attacked three houses, a nursery and a carpentry shop located on the village’s main road. Louay Tayem, head of the local council in Al-Funduq, said dozens of men had fired shots, thrown stones, burned cars, and attacked homes and shops.

“The settlers were masked and had incendiary materials,” said Bashir. “Their numbers were large and unprecedented.”

On Tuesday, the charred shells of cars lay on the side of the road in Jinsafut and residents surveyed the damage to a burned storage space.

Biden’s executive order against the settlers marked a rare break with America’s closest Middle East ally, and signaled his frustration with what critics say is Israel’s leniency in dealing with violent settlers.

Rights groups say that impunity has deepened since Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz exempted settlers from what is known as administrative detention — Israel's practice of detaining individuals on security grounds without charge or trial — which is routinely used against Palestinians.

Katz, who freed all Israelis held in administrative detention just last week, said those behind Monday's attack should be held accountable in Israel's more transparent criminal justice system.

Palestinian residents, meanwhile, are tried in Israeli military courts.

Biden’s sanctions were aimed at settlers who were involved in acts of violence, as well as threats against and attempts to destroy or seize Palestinian property. They later were broadened to include other groups, including Tzav 9, an activist organization that was accused of disrupting the flow of aid into Gaza by trying to block trucks heading into the territory.

Reut Ben-Chaim, a mother of eight who founded the group and was then slapped with sanctions that crippled her wellness company and prohibited her access to credit cards or banking apps, welcomed Trump’s step.

“We have heard in the last few days that the Trump administration is going to be the most pro-Israel there has been,” she told The Associated Press. “These actions, such as the removal of the sanctions … these are actions that already mark the way forward.”

Trump has long boasted of his support for Israel, but he has also pledged to end wars in the Middle East. That could require exerting some pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Even before taking office, Trump appears to have pressed Netanyahu to accept a Gaza ceasefire agreement with Hamas that strongly resembled one the Biden administration had been pushing for months.

Trump has also said he hopes to bring Saudi Arabia into the Abraham Accords, under which the United Arab Emirates and other Arab countries forged ties with Israel during his first term. The Saudis have said they will only sign such a historic agreement if it includes a pathway to a Palestinian state — a nonstarter for Netanyahu's government.

During his first term, Trump moved the American embassy to Jerusalem, recognized Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights — which it captured from Syria in the 1967 war — and presented a Mideast peace plan that was seen as overwhelmingly favorable to Israel.

He also let settlement construction in the West Bank surge unchecked.

But he seemed at the time to have tapped the brakes on Netanyahu's plans to annex large parts of the West Bank, something Israel's far-right settlers have demanded for years. Netanyahu said he temporarily shelved the idea as part of the agreement with the UAE.

Goldenberg reported from Tel Aviv, Israel.

Follow AP’s war coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/israel-hamas-war

ADDS THE WORD SUSPECTED - A Palestinian stands beside a trick that was torched in an attack by suspected Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of Jinsafut, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

ADDS THE WORD SUSPECTED - A Palestinian stands beside a trick that was torched in an attack by suspected Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of Jinsafut, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

ADDS THE WORD SUSPECTED - A Palestinian stands beside a torched car in the aftermath of an attack by suspected Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of Jinsafut, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

ADDS THE WORD SUSPECTED - A Palestinian stands beside a torched car in the aftermath of an attack by suspected Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of Jinsafut, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

ADDS THE WORD SUSPECTED - A Palestinian youth sifts through the aftermath of an attack by suspected Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of Jinsafut, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

ADDS THE WORD SUSPECTED - A Palestinian youth sifts through the aftermath of an attack by suspected Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of Jinsafut, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

ADDS THE WORD SUSPECTED - A Palestinian stands beside a torched car in the aftermath of an attack by suspected Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of Jinsafut, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

ADDS THE WORD SUSPECTED - A Palestinian stands beside a torched car in the aftermath of an attack by suspected Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of Jinsafut, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

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