Oakland 7, NY Yankees 4
When: 7:05 PM ET, Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Temperature:
73°
Umpires:
Home -
Paul Nauert, 1B -
Tom Hallion, 2B -
Sean Barber, 3B -
Chris Guccione
Attendance:
37734
By SportsDirect Inc.
Athletics 7, Yankees 4: Josh Donaldson delivered a tiebreaking home run in the seventh inning and Yoenis Cespedes recorded a pair of solo shots as visiting Oakland erased a 4-0 deficit to win its fifth straight game.
Donaldson and Cespedes had three hits apiece while Jed Lowrie went 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Athletics, who have won five straight over New York. Jesse Chavez (5-3) snapped a two-start losing streak after yielding four runs in six innings before Sean Doolittle pitched a perfect ninth to earn his seventh save.
Jacoby Ellsbury delivered a three-run homer among his three hits and Derek Jeter added an RBI for the Yankees, who lost their fourth straight and are 4-12 in their last 16 contests at home. Jose Ramirez (0-1), who was making his major-league debut, yielded Donaldson's solo shot to left on an 0-1 fastball with one out.
After Jeter's infield hit in the third scored Ichiro Suzuki, Ellsbury crushed a 1-1 pitch out to right-center - his third homer of the season - to give New York a 4-0 lead. Cespedes got the Athletics on the board when he led off the fourth with a blast to center and took Matt Daley deep to right to start the sixth and make it 4-3.
Oakland loaded the bases with none out after Cespedes' second homer but could only add Alberto Callaspo's sacrifice fly, which tied it 4-4. The Athletics scored a pair of insurance runs in the ninth as Brandon Moss was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and Kyle Blanks followed with a sacrifice fly - Oakland's third of the game.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Yankees starter Vidal Nuno allowed two runs and six hits while striking out five on 92 pitches over 4 2/3 innings. ... New York called up Ramirez from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and designated RHP Alfredo Aceves for assignment while activating LHP Wade LeBlanc - claimed off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday - and sending RHP Preston Claiborne to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. ... Don Zimmer, who was involved with baseball since 1949 and served as manager Joe Torre's bench coach for four World Series titles (1996, 1998-2000) with the Yankees, died Wednesday. He was 83.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Oakland |
|
NY Yankees |
|
Jesse Chavez
|
Player |
Vidal Nuno
|
|
Win |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
6.0 |
IP |
4.2 |
|
5 |
Strikeouts |
5 |
|
7 |
Hits |
6 |
|
6.00 |
ERA |
3.86 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Oakland
|
12 |
3 |
22 |
.333 |
19 |
8 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
| NY Yankees
|
9 |
1 |
12 |
.243 |
16 |
7 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
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