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By Nick Ziegler (@Ziggy26x)
June 12th, 2013
New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics
Post Game Recap
Final Score: Yankees 2 Athletics 5
The New York Yankees have now lost six
straight games in Oakland to the Athletics with their 5-2 loss on
Wednesday night. The loss moves the Yankees to (37-28) on the season,
and are now three games behind the Boston Red Sox in the AL East.
The inconsistency of Phil Hughes has
been a story all season, and after a great start in Seattle, Hughes
was bad in Oakland picking up his fifth loss of the year. Oakland got
to Hughes quick, as Brandon Moss took Hughes deep for his 10th
homerun of the season, which scored Josh Reddick. The Athletics would
get one more in the fifth inning off Hughes before Joe Girardi pulled
him, as John Jaso made it a 3-0 game with a RBI double. Hughes went
just 4.1 innings allowing three runs on four hits, and five walks.
Girardi was forced to pull Hughes early, as he was ineffective, and
threw 95 pitches in just 4.1 innings.
Athletics Starter Dan Straily compared
to Hughes pitched very well, and earned his fourth win of the season.
Straily held the Yankees scoreless until the sixth inning, when Mark
Teixeira hit a sac-fly to score Brett Gardner. The Yankees would get
one more off of Straily in the seventh inning, as Jayson Nix had a
RBI base hit, scoring Kevin Youkilis, and knocked Straily out of the
game after 6.2 innings.
With the game very much in reach in the
eighth inning Girardi trusted Joba Chamberlain to keep it a one-run
game, but Chamberlain got roughed up, and let the Athletics extend
their 3-2 lead. Moss would hit his second home run of the game to
start the eighth inning off of Chamberlain, and then after a Erik
Sogard base hit and stolen base, John Jaso knocked him in with a base
hit to extend the Athletics lead to 5-2. Preston Claiborne would
finish up the eighth inning, but not before walking his first batter
of the season in 19.1 innings.
The Yankees would try to rally in the
ninth inning off Closer Grant Balfour with two-outs, as Kevin
Youkilis walked, and then Ichiro Suzuki hit a base-hit, but Balfour
was able to get Jayson Nix to ground out and end the game.
Thursday afternoon will be all about
looking to avoid the sweep in Oakland for the Yankees, as Hiroki
Kuroda (6-5, 2.84) will be facing Jarrod Parker (5-6, 4.68).
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