Yankees Lose in Extras, Swept by Oakland

Yankees vs Athletics Post Game Recap 7/22

Yankees suffered a tough extra innings loss in the 12^th inning to the Oakland Athletics by a score of 5-4, as the Yankees got swept as well to start their west coast trip.

Sabathia was pretty good in his second start off the DL in the no decision allowing six hits, one walk, three earned runs, and struck out six batters in his seven innings of work. Sabathia did however allow two solo homeruns to Athletics hitters, as Brandon Inge, and Kurt Suzuki both took C.C deep.

Rafael Soriano blew his second save of the season in the 9^th inning as Seth Smith hit a solo shot to Center Field to tie the game.

Cody Eppley had a tough time in the series in Oakland after losing his first game of the season on Friday lost his second game on Sunday with another walk-off hit this time by Coco Crisp.

Curtis Granderson had big day in the lead-off spot with Jeter Getting the day off, as Granderson went 2 for 5 scoring a run in the 1^st inning, and hitting his 26^th homerun of the season in the 4^th off former teammate Bartolo Colon.

Mark Teixeira saw himself in the second spot in the order for the second time this season and hit better there this time than earlier in the year going 2 for 6 with a RBI for his 65^th of the season.

Robinson Cano was able to bounce back a day after he saw his 23 game hitting streak snapped by going 2 for 6.

Alex Rodriguez knocked in the other two Yankee runs with a RBI double in the 3^rd inning, but it was his only hit of the game as he finished going 1 for 5 with three strikeouts.

Yankees will be heading north to Seattle to play a three game series to finish off the west coast trip, as Hiroki Kuroda (9-7, 3.46) will look to stop the losing streak against Kevin Millwood (3-7, 4.15).

Yankees Lose Second Straight in Oakland

Yankees vs Athletics Post Game Recap 7/20

Yankees lost there second straight game on the west coast to the Oakland Athletics by a score of 3-2.

Ivan Nova was able to battle his way thru 6.2 innings keeping the Yankees in the game only allowing two runs on nine hits, and one walk while striking out six Oakland batters.

Cody Eppley struggled in the 9^th inning allowing three hits, and the game winning run picking up his first loss of the season.

Yoenis Cespedes continued to kill Yankee pitching going 4 for 5 on Friday night scoring the game winning run in the bottom of the 9^th.

Yankees hitters were shut down for the most part by Oakland’s rookie Tommy Milone who struck out ten batters in his seven innings of work while only allowing six hits.

Mark Teixeira was able to continue his hot hitting since the All-Star break going 2 for 3, as his average keeps heading north, as he is now at .256 for the year.

Robinson Cano kept the hitting streak alive from the DH spot hitting a single in the 7^th inning to extend it to 23 games, and hitting his 22^nd homerun of the season off Ryan Cook in the 9^th inning to tie the game at the time.

Russell Martin was able to hit his 10^th homerun of the season in the 8^th inning for the Yankees first run of the game, as Martin went 1 for 3 in the game.

Nick Swisher left the game in the 7^th inning with a hip injury which isn’t good news for the
Yankees if he has to miss much time as they found out Brett Gardner will most likely be out for the season needing elbow surgery.

The Yankees will look to win their first game in Oakland as Phil Hughes (9-7, 4.22) will face another Athletics rookie Jarrod Parker (6-4, 3.16).

Yankees Post Game Recap 7/14

Yankees vs. Angels Post Game Recap 7/14

The Yankees were able to pull off another win against the Angels, winning 5-3 on Saturday afternoon and will be thinking sweep heading into Sunday.

Freddy Garcia was able to pick up his 4th win of the season as he pitched okay on Saturday.  He kept the Yankees close, allowing five hits, five walks and three earned runs while striking out four in his five innings of work.

The bullpen was great for the Yankees, as Cody Eppley pitched two scoreless inning, allowing one hit. David Robertson was able to pick up two strikeouts while only allowing a hit in the 8th inning. Rafael Soriano got his 22nd save of the season while striking out two in the 9th.

Robinson Cano wasted no time getting his hitting streak to 17 games with a 2 run homerun in the 1st inning for his 21st long ball of the season. He picked up another RBI with a base hit in the 6th inning.

Curtis Granderson went 1 for 4, while hitting his 24th homerun of the season. It was a two run shot in the 3rd inning scoring Chris Stewart.

Alex Rodriguez, who received a decent amount of boos Friday night, was able to bounce back with a nice 2 for 4 game.  He hit a double, scoring a run and stealing his 10th base of the season.

The series finale on Sunday should be a good one, with two  pitchers having great seasons going at it as Ivan Nova (10-3, 3.92) will face Angels All-Star Jered Weaver (10-1, 1.96).