The Yankees Pick Up a Huge Series Win Over The A’s in Exciting Fashion
Jameson Taillon got the start for the Yankees against the red hot Oakland A’s. In the top of the first Matt Olson hit a solo home run off Taillon. In the third Mark Canha had an RBI single to take a 2-0 lead for the A’s. In the bottom of the third DJ Lemahieu hit a two run home run to tie the game. Jameson Taillon ended up throwing 4.2 innings while allowing two earned runs on four hits. In the fifth, Rougned Odor hit a solo home run of his own to take a 3-2 lead for the Yanks. In the sixth Wandy Peralta gave up a three run home run to Tony Kemp. The A’s then took a 5-3 lead. The Yankees would not mount a comeback and they lost this game 5-3.
Domingo German got the start for the Yankees as they looked to avoid the series loss against the A’s. The A’s got off to a good start with a Tony Kemp solo home run in the first. In the fourth Matt Chapman hit a solo shot of his own to extend the A’s lead to 2-0. In the fourth the Yankees got on the board with an RBI Gio Urshela single. In the fifth the A’s added to their lead with a two RBI Matt Olson single. In the sixth the Yankees chipped away at their deficit with a Gary Sanchez solo homer. Now trailing 4-2 in the seventh Aaron Judge hit an RBI single to make it a 4-3 game. Later that inning Giancarlo Stanton hit a clutch RBI single of his own to tie the game. In the eighth Gio Urshela smoked a huge solo home run to take a 5-4 lead. Later that inning DJ Lemahieu hit a two RBI single to give the Yankees some much needed insurance. The Yankees would win this game by a score of 7-4.
Jordan Montgomery got the start for the Yankees as they tried to claim a series win over the A’s. In the first Matt Olson hit a solo home run to take an early 1-0 lead for the A’s. Montgomery would settle in after this and completely deal. Monty threw 5.1 innings while allowing one run on three hits with six strikeouts. In the bottom of the sixth, Gary Sanchez stepped to the plate with runners on first and second and one out. Gary Sanchez smoked a double into the right center field gap. It scored two, and Sanchez advanced on the throw. This would be all the offense of the game for the Yankees.
In the bottom of the ninth Aroldis Chapman came on for the save. He quickly got into a jam, and he could not find the strike zone. He walked two batters and found himself with runners on first and second with nobody out. As Chapman was struggling mightily to throw strikes, the Yankees were gonna need a miracle to win this game, and that’s exactly what they got. A ground ball was hit to Gio Urshela at third. He stepped on third and threw the ball to DJ Lemahieu. DJ whipped the ball over to Chris Gittens at first for the triple play. The Yankees converted a walk off triple play for their third triple play of the season. This 2-1 Yankees victory allowed them to pick up a huge series win over the Oakland A’s.
By: Riley Briggs