MLB capsules: Urshela takes shard in eye, hits Yankees go-ahead home run

The New York Yankees' Gio Urshela winces as he walks back to the dugout after a shard from his broken bat struck his eye when he grounded into a double play in the second inning of a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics on Saturday, June 19, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

NEW YORK — Gio Urshela stayed in the game despite a shard of a broken bat hitting his right eye in the second inning and hit a go-ahead homer eighth as the New York Yankees rallied from a three-run deficit in a 7-5 victory Saturday that stopped the Oakland Athletics’ seven-game winning streak.