OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Khris Davis and Marcus Semien every hit a two-run homer to again Mike Fiers, and the Oakland Athletics beat the New York Yankees 6-Four on Wednesday night time.
Davis snapped an 0-for-17 hunch – three at-bats shy of the longest hitless funk of his profession – together with his first dwelling run since July 30 towards Milwaukee and second since June 18. He despatched a 3-2 pitch down the proper area line within the second inning for simply his 18th homer after he led the majors final season with 48 in his third straight yr with 40 or extra.
Stephen Piscotty added a solo dwelling run within the sixth after the Yankees acquired Mike Tauchman’s sacrifice fly within the prime of the inning. Mike Ford homered within the seventh for New York, and Didi Gregorius added an RBI double.
Liam Hendriks struck out DJ LeMahieu and Aaron Choose within the eighth to flee a jam after prime pitching prospect A.J. Puk began the inning for his long-awaited main league debut. Hendriks completed for his 15th save as Oakland (72-52) moved a season-best 20 video games over .500 and earned Bob Melvin his 1,200th profession victory as a supervisor.
Fiers (12-3) loaded the bases with one out within the sixth, and his night time was performed. He struck out 4 and walked three, permitting two runs on six hits over 5 1/Three innings. This marked the anniversary of the primary of his two no-hitters on Aug. 21, 2015, for the Astros towards the Dodgers.
The A’s received for the sixth time in seven video games and reached 201 dwelling runs. They’ve ample time to shut in on the membership file of 243 set in 1996.
Yankees lefty J.A. Happ (10-8) allowed 5 runs and 4 hits in 4 innings. He struck out 4 and walked two.
PUK’S DEBUT
Puk drew large applause when the shaggy-haired lefty got here on for his first huge league look. Puk hit 99 mph on the radar gun and issued a stroll and Ford’s single one out later earlier than giving method to Hendriks.
Puk, known as up Tuesday after he missed final season following Tommy John surgical procedure, will stay a reliever within the majors this season however a future starter. What about an opener?
”He will be a starter,” Melvin stated, then joked: ”He can open and go seven innings.”
SABATHIA’S GOODBYE
Yankees lefty CC Sabathia’s farewell within the Bay Space means a lot as he returns to his roots for the ultimate time throughout the common season earlier than the 39-year-old pitcher heads into retirement.
On Monday, Sabathia spent a break day handing out his 50,000th backpack to first-graders and second-graders at dwelling in Vallejo as children returned to highschool.
”That is all the time going to be a particular journey to me,” stated Sabathia, who will conclude his profession following 19 huge league seasons and the final 11 with the Yankees. ”Coming right here I acquired an opportunity to go to Vallejo first day of college giving backpacks away. Simply being right here with my household, my children attending to see Vallejo and hand around in Vallejo, my children are there now, so it is all the time a particular time for us.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Yankees: OF Brett Gardner had an ingrown toenail eliminated Sunday that had bothered him all final week. He missed his second straight recreation however supervisor Aaron Boone anticipated Gardner to be within the lineup for Thursday night time’s sequence finale. ”It was fairly sore yesterday, nonetheless,” Boone stated, anticipating Gardner to undergo a full on-field exercise. … RHP Dellin Betances (proper shoulder impingement) threw a bullpen on the crew’s complicated in Florida – a pair of 16-pitch simulated innings. He might throw one other bullpen as quickly as Friday. … CF Aaron Hicks (proper flexor pressure) is but to renew baseball exercise.
Athletics: LHP Sean Manaea is prone to get one other rehab begin with Triple-A Las Vegas as he continues to work again from shoulder surgical procedure final September. … LHP Brett Anderson is scheduled to make his subsequent begin Sunday towards San Francisco after coping with a blister his final trip on Sunday. … LHP Jesus Luzardo has returned to a full routine with Las Vegas after being sidelined by a strained pitching shoulder. ”All good. I nonetheless do not know what the plan is for him but, however encouraging to see him get stretched out once more,” Melvin stated.
UP NEXT
Yankees RHP Masahiro Tanaka (9-6, 4.56 ERA) makes his team-leading 26th begin on an additional day of relaxation seeking to attain double-digit victories for the sixth time in as many main league seasons. Oakland goes with RHP Tanner Roark (1-1, 2.55) in his fourth begin since becoming a member of the A’s from the Reds on the July 31 commerce deadline.