OAKLAND -- It's going to take more than just one standout performance to fill the Aaron Judge-sized hole in the Yankees' lineup. But the Bronx Bombers have shown that if everyone chips in, they can make a lot of noise in the absence of their captain.

One day after backing Domingo Germán with 11 runs -- the most in any perfect game in AL/NL history -- the Yankees romped en route to a 10-4 victory over the A's on Thursday afternoon at the Coliseum, securing their third straight series win.

"We were able to just keep passing the baton," said Isiah Kiner-Falefa, who drove in three runs. "I think that's the biggest thing right now, is not trying to do too much. Just trying to do some small things and let the next guy behind us do the job."

After New York dropped Tuesday's opener in Oakland -- scoring just once against a pitching staff that has allowed the most runs in the Majors -- the Yankees were averaging just three runs per game since June 4, the first game Judge missed after injuring his right big toe.

The Yankees responded by plating double-digit runs in back-to-back games to close out the series. On Thursday, they batted around in an eight-run sixth to chase A's starter Hogan Harris, who allowed five runs (four earned) on nine hits and two walks over 5 1/3 innings.

Kiner-Falefa said the team had a next-man-up mentality as it authored the big inning.

"It's dangerous," he said. "I think when we're trying to just hit singles, it ends up being bigger than it should be. I think when we try to hit home runs, it backfires a little bit."

That didn't mean the Yankees totally ditched the long ball.

Josh Donaldson, whose homer accounted for New York's lone run in Tuesday's opener, hammered a go-ahead two-run blast a projected 472 feet, his longest home run in the Statcast era (since 2015).

“It was a hanger, unfortunately," Harris said. "I was trying to get it down and away, but it did not work on that one, I guess.”

A couple batters later, the A's turned to reliever Lucas Erceg, who entered the game on a streak of nine scoreless appearances and held the Yankees off the board over 1 2/3 innings Tuesday. This time, the Yanks ambushed him for an additional five runs (four earned) without recording an out.

"I thought Erceg, who they brought in, was a tough matchup for some of our righties," manager Aaron Boone said. "I just thought we had really good at-bats against him. That was really good to see -- some good two-strike at-bats, good control of the zone."

Donaldson wasn't the only Yankee swinging it well on Thursday afternoon. Kiner-Falefa started New York off by poking a second-inning solo shot to center field that knocked the glove off A's center fielder Esteury Ruiz's hand and over the wall.

Gleyber Torres, Harrison Bader and Anthony Volpe all joined Kiner-Falefa in collecting multiple knocks. For Volpe, it was his third straight multihit showing, as his fateful chicken parm dinner with Minor League teammate Austin Wells continued to pay dividends.

"I feel like he's taken away some holes," Boone said of Volpe. "I feel like he's making some good solid adjustments to how the league's pitching him."

Every player in the Yankees’ starting lineup scored at least once to support right-hander Clarke Schmidt, who earned his first win since May 19. He had gone winless in six starts prior to Thursday despite owning a 1.97 ERA in that span.

Any hopes of back-to-back perfectos were quashed when Schmidt allowed a leadoff single to Tony Kemp. The A's second baseman was the first of three Oakland players to score off Schmidt before he settled down to retire 10 of his final 11 batters.

"It's also a challenge following up Germán after last night's performance," Schmidt said, "so I was a little handcuffed there."