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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
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

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
Hitting
NY Yankees   Oakland
Curtis Granderson Player Coco Crisp
2 Hits 2
1 RBI 1
1 HR 0
5 TB 2
.400 Avg .667
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