Oakland 5, NY Yankees 4
When: 4:05 PM ET, Sunday, July 22, 2012
Where: O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature:
70°
Umpires:
Home -
Brian Knight, 1B -
Mike Winters, 2B -
Bill Miller, 3B -
Wally Bell
Attendance:
30470
By SportsDirect Inc.
Athletics 5, Yankees 4 (12): Coco Crisp sent a single into right field in the bottom of the 12th inning and Derek Norris raced home from second base as host Oakland walked off with the win and completed a four-game sweep of New York.
Seth Smith tied it with a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth and Jerry Blevins (3-0) pitched two hitless innings to earn the win in relief for the Athletics, who took each of the four games by a single run - two on walk-off hits.
Norris greeted right-hander Cody Eppley (0-2) with a one-out single and moved up on Jemile Weeks’ sacrifice. Crisp came up next and sent a single just over second baseman Robinson Cano and into right field to plate the winning run.
Rafael Soriano came on for the save in the ninth and tried to sneak a 3-1 slider past Smith with one out and the bases empty. Smith belted a towering fly to straightaway center, sending it over the wall for his 11th blast and a 4-4 tie.
It marked just the second blown save in 26 chances for Soriano.
After struggling against a trio of rookie pitchers during the first three games of the series, New York’s hitters looked more comfortable against veteran Bartolo Colon. The former Yankee right-hander ran into trouble during a three-run third, allowing four straight singles to lead off the frame and Alex Rodriguez’s one-out double off the left-center field wall.
Curtis Granderson hit his team-leading 26th home run in the fourth, turning on an 0-2 pitch and belting it deep into the right field stands for a 4-0 cushion.
The A’s began their comeback against CC Sabathia, grabbing two runs on solo homers by Brandon Inge and Kurt Suzuki in the fifth and cutting it to 4-3 on Inge’s RBI fielder’s choice in the sixth.
GAME NOTEBOOK: New York had never been swept in a four-game series by one run in each game. ... The A’s have six walk-off wins in July. … Crisp stole second base in the eighth inning, marking his 19th theft of the season and 100th since joining Oakland before the 2010 season. … Suzuki’s home run was his first since last September. … Yankees RF Nick Swisher (hip) was held out for the second straight game and is questionable for the upcoming three-game series at Seattle.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| NY Yankees |
|
Oakland |
|
CC Sabathia
|
Player |
Bartolo Colon |
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
7.0 |
IP |
6.2 |
|
6 |
Strikeouts |
5 |
|
6 |
Hits |
8 |
|
3.86 |
ERA |
5.40 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| NY Yankees
|
11 |
1 |
15 |
.229 |
22 |
12 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
| Oakland
|
11 |
3 |
21 |
.244 |
15 |
14 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
For more information, contact us