INSIDER: Mark Teixeira drove in all three Yankees runs in tonight's 3-2 win over the A's. The win makes it five series wins in a row for the Yanks, and improves their record to 75-44.
ON THE MOUND:
Chad Gaudin started for the Yankees and wasn't great but not bad either. He had a good slider working tonight, and in 4.1 innings he held the A's to no runs on just one hit. Take away the 5 walks, HBP and 90 pitches pitches thrown and he would of been more affective.
In the 5th, Robinson Cano's error in which Jete deserves some blame for got Gaudin got into some trouble when the A's loaded the bases with one out. That would be it for him as they would hand the ball over to Alfredo Aceves. On the second pitch he threw Kurt Suzuki grounded into a 1-2-3 inning-ending double play. Ace stayed on to pitch the sixth, and retired the first two batters he faced in the inning before allowing a solo homer to Jack Cust to cut the Yanks lead to 3-1. In the seventh, after once again retiring the first two batters of the inning, he allowed a single to Rajai Davis, who then stole second. The next batter was Mark Ellis and he drove in the A's second run with an RBI single. Suzuki then singled to put runners on first and second with two out and knock Aceves out of the game.
Phil Coke was the next Yankee out of the pen, and he retired the only batter he faced - Ryan Sweeney on a ground out to second to end the A's threat.
Phil Hughes came on in relief in the 8th. Catcher Landon Powell lead off with a walk, that was followed by a Cust single and the A's had two on with nobody out. They could have easily bunted thm over but they decided not to. Instead they had Tommy Everidge swing away and he banged into a 5-5-3 rally-killing double play. The next batter was Cliff Pennington and he flew out to Johnny Damon to end the inning. Props to Hughes for getting out the jam.
Mariano Rivera needed just seven pitches to put the A's away 1-2-3 in the ninth and pick up his 36th save of the season. Mo is now 36 of 37 in save opportunities and has converted his last 32 in a row. Fantastic job!
THE OFFENSE:
With Derek Jeter on third with one out in the first, Mark Teixeira hit a ground ball to third, scoring Jeter and giving the Yanks a 1-0 lead. Teixeira would add two more to the Yankees total in the fourth with a long two-run homer off A's starter Brett Anderson. It was his 31st of the year.
Anderson would settle down, eventually completing seven innings of work. He allowed the three runs on six hits, walked one and struck out six. After him, Michael Wuertz and Craig Breslow pitched a scoreless eighth and ninth.
THE BOX SCORE:
AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Jeter, SS 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .331 Damon, LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .285 Teixeira, 1B 4 1 1 3 0 1 2 .283 Rodriguez, A, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .254 Matsui, H, DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Swisher, RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .245 Cano, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 .313 Cabrera, Me, CF 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .267 Molina, J, C 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .244 Totals 32 3 6 3 1 9 5
BATTING
HR: Teixeira (31, 4th inning off Anderson, B, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Jeter 2; Damon 2; Teixeira 4; Swisher.
RBI: Teixeira 3 (89).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Teixeira.
GIDP: Molina, J.
Team RISP: 0-for-3.
Team LOB: 3.
BASERUNNING
SB: Jeter (21, 2nd base off Anderson, B/Powell).
FIELDING
E: Cano (6, missed catch).
DP: 2 (Aceves, A-Molina, J-Teixeira, Rodriguez, A-Teixeira).
IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Gaudin 4.1 1 0 0 5 5 0 4.94 Aceves, A (W, 8-1) 2.1 4 2 2 0 2 1 3.82 Coke (H, 15) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.68 Hughes, P (H, 13) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.39 Rivera, Ma (S, 36) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.90
Pitches-strikes: Gaudin 90-51, Aceves, A 32-25, Coke 3-2, Hughes, P 18-12, Rivera, Ma 7-5.
ATHLETICS STATS
PLAYER OF THE GAME:
Mark Teixeira (1-for-4, HR, 3 RBI, R)
UP NEXT:
Off-day.
Original Story:
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ON THE MOUND:
Chad Gaudin started for the Yankees and wasn't great but not bad either. He had a good slider working tonight, and in 4.1 innings he held the A's to no runs on just one hit. Take away the 5 walks, HBP and 90 pitches pitches thrown and he would of been more affective.
In the 5th, Robinson Cano's error in which Jete deserves some blame for got Gaudin got into some trouble when the A's loaded the bases with one out. That would be it for him as they would hand the ball over to Alfredo Aceves. On the second pitch he threw Kurt Suzuki grounded into a 1-2-3 inning-ending double play. Ace stayed on to pitch the sixth, and retired the first two batters he faced in the inning before allowing a solo homer to Jack Cust to cut the Yanks lead to 3-1. In the seventh, after once again retiring the first two batters of the inning, he allowed a single to Rajai Davis, who then stole second. The next batter was Mark Ellis and he drove in the A's second run with an RBI single. Suzuki then singled to put runners on first and second with two out and knock Aceves out of the game.
Phil Coke was the next Yankee out of the pen, and he retired the only batter he faced - Ryan Sweeney on a ground out to second to end the A's threat.
Phil Hughes came on in relief in the 8th. Catcher Landon Powell lead off with a walk, that was followed by a Cust single and the A's had two on with nobody out. They could have easily bunted thm over but they decided not to. Instead they had Tommy Everidge swing away and he banged into a 5-5-3 rally-killing double play. The next batter was Cliff Pennington and he flew out to Johnny Damon to end the inning. Props to Hughes for getting out the jam.
Mariano Rivera needed just seven pitches to put the A's away 1-2-3 in the ninth and pick up his 36th save of the season. Mo is now 36 of 37 in save opportunities and has converted his last 32 in a row. Fantastic job!
THE OFFENSE:
With Derek Jeter on third with one out in the first, Mark Teixeira hit a ground ball to third, scoring Jeter and giving the Yanks a 1-0 lead. Teixeira would add two more to the Yankees total in the fourth with a long two-run homer off A's starter Brett Anderson. It was his 31st of the year.
Anderson would settle down, eventually completing seven innings of work. He allowed the three runs on six hits, walked one and struck out six. After him, Michael Wuertz and Craig Breslow pitched a scoreless eighth and ninth.
THE BOX SCORE:
AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Jeter, SS 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .331 Damon, LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .285 Teixeira, 1B 4 1 1 3 0 1 2 .283 Rodriguez, A, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .254 Matsui, H, DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Swisher, RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .245 Cano, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 .313 Cabrera, Me, CF 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .267 Molina, J, C 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .244 Totals 32 3 6 3 1 9 5
BATTING
HR: Teixeira (31, 4th inning off Anderson, B, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Jeter 2; Damon 2; Teixeira 4; Swisher.
RBI: Teixeira 3 (89).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Teixeira.
GIDP: Molina, J.
Team RISP: 0-for-3.
Team LOB: 3.
BASERUNNING
SB: Jeter (21, 2nd base off Anderson, B/Powell).
FIELDING
E: Cano (6, missed catch).
DP: 2 (Aceves, A-Molina, J-Teixeira, Rodriguez, A-Teixeira).
IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Gaudin 4.1 1 0 0 5 5 0 4.94 Aceves, A (W, 8-1) 2.1 4 2 2 0 2 1 3.82 Coke (H, 15) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.68 Hughes, P (H, 13) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.39 Rivera, Ma (S, 36) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.90
Pitches-strikes: Gaudin 90-51, Aceves, A 32-25, Coke 3-2, Hughes, P 18-12, Rivera, Ma 7-5.
ATHLETICS STATS
PLAYER OF THE GAME:
Mark Teixeira (1-for-4, HR, 3 RBI, R)
UP NEXT:
Off-day.
Original Story:
http://adiehardyankeesfan.blogspot.co...
