Athletics at New York Yankees

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Athletics

4-7, 2-6 Away

Final
3 - 2

New York Yankees

8-3, 3-2 Home

Rooker's 9th-inning sacrifice fly lifts Athletics over Yankees 3-2

Athletics vs. New York Yankees: Game Highlights

Nick Kurtz singled leading off the ninth against Bednar (0-1), and Shea Langeliers doubled. Rooker lofted a flyball to center field and Kurtz scored without a play.

Elvis Alvarado (2-0) got two outs for an A's bullpen that pitched four hitless innings in relief of Luis Severino. Joel Kuhnel worked a perfect ninth for his second major league save, his first since 2022.

New York's Ryan McMahon made his first big league start at shortstop, where he had two prior appearances in late-inning switches totaling three innings for Colorado in 2020. He had five assists and was 0 for 3 with a walk at the plate, dropping to 2 for 26 this season.

Severino, who pitched in the Yankees organization from 2012-23, allowed two runs in the first. He gave up four hits and five walks in five innings.

New York went ahead seven pitches into the first on three straight singles, the last being Cody Bellinger's blooper. After a pair of strikeouts, Severino forced in a run with eight straight balls. The A's challenged the last, to J.C. Escarra, which ABS showed was 2.1 inches above the strike zone.

The A's tied it 2-all in the fourth on an RBI single by Jeff McNeil, celebrating his 34th birthday, and Will Warren's run-scoring wild pitch. McNeil is 8 for 16 on his birthday.

New York's Ben Rice had the first four-strikeout game of his big league career, and the Yankees went 1 for 7 with runners in scoring position, dropping to 22 for 97 (.227) this year.

Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake was ejected by plate umpire Carlos Torres for arguing ball/strike calls from New York’s dugout in the third inning.

Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe, recovering from left shoulder surgery on Oct. 14, could start a minor league rehabilitation assignment next week, manager Aaron Boone said.

Up next New York's Ryan Weathers (0-0) and the A's Jeffrey Springs (1-0) start Thursday's series finale in a matchup of lefties.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	McMahon struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Rosario grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Escarra grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Kuhnel relieved Alvarado
	9th Inning	Wilson struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Rooker hit sacrifice fly to center, Kurtz scored, Langeliers to third.

Statistics

ATH		NYY
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
16	Ground Balls	8
9	Strikeouts	15
2	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	4
1	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	29
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
13	Fly Balls	6
0	Caught Stealing	0
149	Pitches	160
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
11	Total Bases	4
41	Plate Appearances	36
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	0
3.7	Runs Created	1.0
.243	Batting Average	.138
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.297	Slugging Percentage	.138
.162	Secondary Average	.241
.293	On Base Percentage	.306
.590	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.443
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.3
3.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.0
24.0	Batter Rating	12.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.63	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.44
.054	Isolated Power	.000
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.47
.073	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.194
-.081	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.103
5.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.7	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
76.0	MLB Rating	62.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0