NY Yankees 9, Oakland 3
When: 7:05 PM ET, Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Temperature:
90°
Umpires:
Home -
Doug Eddings, 1B -
Dana DeMuth, 2B -
CB Bucknor, 3B -
Kerwin Danley
Attendance:
44575
By SportsDirect Inc.
Mark Teixeira hit one of three New York home runs as the Yankees hammered the Oakland Athletics 9-3 Tuesday to take over sole possession of first place in the American League East.
Teixeira cracked a three-run homer, his 30th of the year, in a four-run fourth as the Yankees broke the game open. Nick Swisher and Curtis Granderson also homered in the contest.
Phil Hughes (16-6) cruised to the victory allowing four hits and two runs in five innings. He walked five and fanned one.
Vin Mazzaro (6-7) took the loss surrendering nine runs, seven of them earned, on seven hits in 3 2/3 innings.
New York scored three times in the first and never trailed. Jorge Posada highlighted the scoring in the opening frame with an RBI triple. Swisher hit a two-run homer in the third inning to increase the lead to 5-1.
Daric Barton homered for Oakland, which entered the contest 8 1/2 games behind the Texas Rangers in the AL West.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Oakland |
|
NY Yankees |
|
Vin Mazzaro |
Player |
Phil Hughes
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
3.2 |
IP |
5.0 |
|
3 |
Strikeouts |
1 |
|
7 |
Hits |
4 |
|
17.18 |
ERA |
3.60 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Oakland
|
6 |
1 |
10 |
.194 |
16 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
| NY Yankees
|
9 |
3 |
20 |
.273 |
15 |
8 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
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