The Oakland Athletics barely got a “W” over the New York Yankees yesterday at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum with the Athletics winning 4 to 2. It was quite a game that followers with Athletics tickets will be talking about for days.
Athletics pitcher Dallas Braden (2.77 ERA) got the win, while CC Sabathia (3.00 ERA) took the loss for the Yankees. Dallas Braden went 6 innings for the Athletics, allowed 6 hits, 2 home runs and 2 earned runs with one walk and 2 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Athletics was Brad Ziegler (3.00). The Yankees’s starter CC Sabathia went 8 innings, allowed 4 hits, one home run and 3 earned runs with 6 walks and 5 strikeouts. With the win, Braden’s record goes to 3-0, while Sabathia falls to 2-1. Andrew Bailey earned the save for the Athletics, bringing his saves up to 2.
In addition to the 4 runs, the Athletics managed 4 hits and committed no errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Athletics, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. The Yankees didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Yankees managed 2 runs, 7 hits and one error.
Umpiring duties were performed by Ron Kulpa, Mike Muchlinski, Lance Barksdale and Tom Hallion. There were 21,986 Athletics ticket holders in attendance at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
The win puts the Athletics at a record of -, ( games behind the division leader), while the loss brings the Yankees to -, ( games behind first place in the division). Next up for the Athletics are the (-) at the Athletics’s Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for tickets because that game should be a good one. The Yankees will next take on the (-) at Angel Stadium in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your tickets today and be there for first pitch.