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A’s top Yanks in wild afternoon at the Coliseum
By Daniel Dullum April 22, 2010 |
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The New York Yankees turned a triple play for the first time in 42 years Thursday at the Coliseum, but Oakland’s Dallas Braden eventually won a pitching duel with CC Sabathia in a 4-2 Athletics victory. A’s catcher Kurt Suzuki hit a three-run homer to spark the win. Braden (3-0) got into a quarrel with New York third baseman Alex Rodriguez in the sixth inning when, after a foul ball, Rodriguez ran across the pitcher’s mound on his way back to first base. In doing so, Braden felt A-Rod had broken one of the game’s “unwritten rules.” In the bottom of the sixth, Rodriguez started a triple play on a ball hit by Suzuki. With runners on first and second, A-Rod stepped on third for the first out, threw to Robinson Cano at second base for the second out, and Cano relayed to Nick Johnson at first to complete the Yanks’ first triple play in 6,632 consecutive regular season games. The last triple play for the Yankees was on June 3, 1968, against Minnesota. Pitcher Dooley Womack snared a line drive hit by Twins catcher John Roseboro, threw to Bobby Cox at third for the second out, and Cox fired on to Mickey Mantle at first for a force play. Braden scattered six hits over six innings to pick up his third win. The A’s, meanwhile, could only muster four hits off Sabathia (2-1), but CC also issued six walks. The Oakland bullpen did the rest. Brad Ziegler hurled two strong innings, and Andrew Bailey pitched the ninth for his second save. Off the field, Oakland placed outfielder Travis Buck on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right oblique muscle injured on Wednesday as he was taking extra BP. Outfielder Matt Carson was called up from Triple-A Sacramento to replace Buck on the roster. |
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