Oakland 3, NY Yankees 2
When: 10:05 PM ET, Friday, July 20, 2012
Where: O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature:
70°
Umpires:
Home -
Bill Miller, 1B -
Wally Bell, 2B -
Brian Knight, 3B -
Mike Winters
Attendance:
24148
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Athletics 3, Yankees 2: Brandon Moss drove in Yoenis Cespedes with a single in the bottom of the ninth to give host Oakland its major-league leading 10th walk-off victory and its sixth win in seven games since the All-Star break.
New York went to right-hander Cody Eppley (0-1) with one out in the ninth and Cespedes greeted him with a single to center. Jonny Gomes followed with an infield single in front of Moss, who sent a line drive to right, scoring Cespedes just in front of the throw from Andruw Jones.
Cespedes went 4-for-5 while Brandon Inge and Jemile Weeks each drove in a run for the Athletics, who moved to a season-high five games over .500 (49-44).
Robinson Cano led off the top of the ninth against All-Star closer Ryan Cook (4-2) and took an outside fastball the opposite way, sending a line drive just over the wall down the left field line to knot it at 2-2. It was the 22nd home run for Cano, who had extended his hitting streak to 23 games with a single in the seventh.
The late-game fireworks overshadowed the work done by Oakland starter Tommy Milone, who struck out a career-high 10 batters in seven scoreless innings. The left-hander surrendered six hits and did not walk a batter, lowering his ERA to 0.90 in eight home starts.
Oakland got to Ivan Nova in the third inning, pushing a run across when Coco Crisp led off with a triple and came in on Weeks’ sacrifice fly.
The Athletics made it 2-0 in the fourth when Moss and Inge bashed back-to-back doubles deep off the wall in right-center.
Nova scattered nine hits over 6 2/3 innings and was charged with two runs while walking one and striking out six.
New York pulled within a run in the eighth inning, when Russell Martin greeted left-hander Jerry Blevins with a line-drive homer into the left field seats, his 10th blast.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Milone threw first-pitch strikes to 24 of the 26 batters he faced. … New York RF Nick Swisher was forced to leave the game in the seventh inning with a hip injury. … The Yankees had a franchise-record streak of 43 straight games scoring at least three runs come to an end. … New York is the only team in the majors to not have a win when trailing after eight innings (0-32).
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| NY Yankees |
|
Oakland |
|
Ivan Nova
|
Player |
Tom Milone
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
6.2 |
IP |
7.0 |
|
6 |
Strikeouts |
10 |
|
9 |
Hits |
6 |
|
2.70 |
ERA |
0.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| NY Yankees
|
8 |
2 |
14 |
.235 |
10 |
11 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Oakland
|
13 |
0 |
21 |
.351 |
18 |
9 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
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