The New York Yankees squeaked to victory over the Oakland Athletics yesterday at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum with the Yankees earning the win 3 to 1. It was one heck of a game that devotees with Yankees tickets will definitely cherish. Baseball isn’t the only game in town. See what other cheap sports tickets are out there.
Yankees pitcher Javier Vazquez (4.81 ERA) got the win, while Ben Sheets (4.89 ERA) took the loss for the Athletics. Javier Vazquez went 7 solid innings for the Yankees, allowed 3 hits, no home runs and one earned run with 2 walks and 2 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Yankees was Joba Chamberlain (5.09). The Athletics’s starter Ben Sheets went 7.1 innings, allowed 8 hits, one home run and 3 earned runs with no walks and 4 strikeouts. Michael Wuertz (5.51), and Cedrick Bowers (5.06) also pitched for the Athletics. With the win, Vazquez’s record goes to 7-7, while Sheets is at 3-8. Mariano Rivera earned the save for the Yankees, bringing his saves up to 19.
In addition to the 3 runs, the Yankees scored 8 hits and committed no errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Yankees, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. The Athletics didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Athletics got one run, 3 hits and no errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Hunter Wendelstedt, Mike Winters, Jerry Layne and Brian Runge. There were 27,405 Athletics ticket holders in attendance at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.