"You wouldn't know it to look at his numbers: first in the American League in runs scored, second in the league in homers, third in RBI.

But Curtis Granderson says he's still a work in progress - and that he still has a long way to tweak his game.

Granderson, who launched a second-deck two-run homer in the fifth that gave the Yankees a three-run lead in their eventual 7-5 victory over the A's Sunday, didn't think much of his first homer since July 5. It was his other at-bats Sunday that had him preoccupied.

"Not huge by any means," Granderson said of his 27th homer, three more than he had last year and three shy of the career-best 30 he hit with the Tigers in 2009. "But at the same time it's always good to go ahead and hit those."

So while on pace to set career bests in homers, RBI (his 74 already tie his career-high set with Detroit in 2007) and runs, what could be gnawing at Granderson during such a special season?

Strikeouts.

"I still need to make some adjustments in the (batting) cage," said Granderson, who scored his major league-best 88th run Sunday, 34 off his career-high 122 set in 2007. "I'm definitely not where I want to be. There are a lot of things I definitely still need to work on just to get back to where I was. Three more strikeouts (Sunday). So I still have to go back and get some more work with (hitting coach) Kevin Long."