Yankees 7, Athletics 1
New York starter Mike Mussina received plenty of support, and newcomer Richie Sexson was right in the middle of it.
Robinson Cano hit a three-run homer, Alex Rodriguez also connected and New York built an early cushion in a victory over Oakland.
Sexson hit an RBI single in his first at-bat with the Yankees, and Mussina pitched six effective innings to tie All-Stars Cliff Lee of Cleveland and Joe Saunders of Los Angeles for most wins in the AL.
| Oakland |
AB |
R |
H |
BI |
BB |
SO |
Avg.
|
| Ellis 2b |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
.238
|
| KSuzuki c |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.283
|
| RSweeney rf |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.300
|
| Cust dh |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
.230
|
| EBrown lf |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.255
|
| Crosby ss |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.260
|
| CGonzalez cf |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.273
|
| Hannahan 1b |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.223
|
| a-Murton ph |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.077
|
| DoMurphy 3b |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
.186
|
| Totals |
35 |
1 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
12
|
| New York |
AB |
R |
H |
BI |
BB |
SO |
Avg.
|
| Jeter ss |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
.282
|
| BAbreu rf |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.275
|
| ARodriguez 3b |
4 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
.318
|
| Posada dh |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
.270
|
| Sexson 1b |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
.220
|
| Cano 2b |
4 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
.249
|
| MlCabrera cf |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.245
|
| JMolina c |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.220
|
| Gardner lf |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.150
|
| Totals |
32 |
7 |
10 |
7 |
7 |
4
|
| Oakland |
100 |
000 |
000 |
- |
1 |
9 |
1
|
| New York
| 103 |
201 |
00x |
- |
7 |
10 |
0
|
a-struck out for Hannahan in the 9th.
E-Crosby (11). LOB-Oakland 7, New York 8. 2B-Ellis (18), BAbreu (23), MlCabrera (11). HR-ARodriguez (20), off Braden; Cano (7), off GSmith. RBIs-RSweeney (31), BAbreu (60), ARodriguez 2 (55), Sexson (31), Cano 3 (41). SB-ARodriguez (14). GIDP-EBrown, Sexson.
Runners left in scoring position-Oakland 2 (Ellis, Crosby); New York 3 (Jeter, Cano 2).
DP-Oakland 1 (DoMurphy, Ellis and Hannahan); New York 1 (Cano and Sexson).
| Oakland |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
NP |
ERA
|
| GSmith L, 5-8 |
32/3 |
8 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
88 |
3.79
|
| Blevins |
11/3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
22 |
0.00
|
| Braden |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
15 |
4.80
|
| ABrown |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
2.23
|
| Dinardo |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
19 |
9.28
|
| New York |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
NP |
ERA
|
| Mussina W, 12-6 |
6 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
93 |
3.49
|
| Robertson |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
12 |
2.00
|
| ERamirez |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
11 |
2.65
|
| Hawkins |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
5.63 |
Inherited runners-scored-Blevins 3-0.
Umpires-Home, Mike Winters; First, James Hoye; Second, Mike Estabrook; Third, Hunter Wendelstedt.
T-2:47. A-54,145 (56,936).
