Tex & Hold 'em: Yanks Lock Down A's For 7th Straight

Well it only took about four months plus a two hour and 45 minute rain delay, but the New York Yankees have finally swept the Oakland Athletics, winning 6-3 in the Bronx. While the Yankees embark on three more games with the A's this weekend, their makeup contest results from a rain-out on April 20th in a series where the Yanks took the latter two games of the set. So hence the Yankees roll on to their seventh straight victory out of the break. Oakland brought its "A game" in the early going, after scoring 32 runs in three games against the Minnesota Twins, they touched up CC Sabathia early.  In the second it was a Jack Cust sac fly, followed by an RBI single from Bobby Crosby that gave the A's the early edge.   By the 4th another RBI single from Kurt Suzuki, coupled with Vin Mazzaro's seven K's, it appeared that an already long night might get even longer as Oakland jumped out to a 3-0 lead. But the bottom half of the fourth told a different sto...