Escaping the horror show of no offense the Yanks were experiencing recently on the east coast, the team headed out west to the safe confines of the Oakland Coliseum where they had won six straight and wanted to tack on three more. After righting the ship somewhat by taking the last two games against the Royals, Ivan Nova was given the task to keep the small streak going against A's starter Tyson Ross.
Although Ivan Nova was solid in the 7 innings he recorded on the mound with only giving up 3 earned runs, the story of the night as well as the weekend was the emergence of some of the missing Yankee bats, namely Mark Teixeira.
The Californian air must have agreed with him because he was responded with 2 hits, including a homerun in the massive pitcher-friendly ballpark. Both Robinson Cano and Nick Swisher also added homers and Rafael Soriano came into the 9th to close out the 6-3 victory for his 4th save of the season.
The next day brought two larger-than-life pitchers to the mound as CC Sabathia set to face his teammate from last season, Bartolo Colon. Like Freddy Garcia, Colon too hasn't had the same success he had in pinstripes in 2011 and the Yankee hitters were more than happy to see him.
The Mark Teixeira Show continued as he shined in the offensive display by the Yankees with his whopping four hits that included two more homeruns added to his weekend tally. Robinson Cano too went deep in consecutive games, but he only hit one homer this time around. CC Sabathia navigated his way through 7 innings of work for his 6th win of the season. This time Soriano wasn't needed as the Yanks were well ahead 9-2 which became the final score.
Winner of 4 straight games for the first time in a long time, the Yanks wanted to get greedy and make it 5 in a row with a sweep of the Oakland A's. Standing in the Yankees way was A's left hander Tommy Milone. In the top of the 1st inning, Derek Jeter continued to climb up the hits chart by surpassing Royals Hall of Fame 3rd baseman George Brett.
Yankee runs weren't as plentiful for this final game and Hiroki Kuroda was forced the make an early 1-0 lead from an Andrew Jones bomb to centerfield stand. Looking for his first road win of the season and the usual recipient of poor run support, Kuroda took matters into his own hands and delivered shutout 8 innings of brilliance against the weak-hitting A's lineup. The only threat came in the bottom of the 7th when the A's had runners at the corners with only one out, but Kuroda boldly struck out Kila Ka'aihue and got Josh Donaldson to fly out. Mark Teixeira failed to hit another homerun, but did add a major RBI double to give Rafael Soriano a two-run cushion to work with. With the tying run at the plate in the bottom of the 9th, Soriano struck out Seth Smith to end the game and complete the sweep of the A's with the 2-0 win.
Resembling a baseball team at 26-21, the Yankees head to the warmer Southern California this time to face off against the always-nemesis Anaheim Angels of California and a lockdown rotation of Jared Weaver, Dan Haren, and Ervin Santana....
Although Ivan Nova was solid in the 7 innings he recorded on the mound with only giving up 3 earned runs, the story of the night as well as the weekend was the emergence of some of the missing Yankee bats, namely Mark Teixeira.
The Californian air must have agreed with him because he was responded with 2 hits, including a homerun in the massive pitcher-friendly ballpark. Both Robinson Cano and Nick Swisher also added homers and Rafael Soriano came into the 9th to close out the 6-3 victory for his 4th save of the season.
The next day brought two larger-than-life pitchers to the mound as CC Sabathia set to face his teammate from last season, Bartolo Colon. Like Freddy Garcia, Colon too hasn't had the same success he had in pinstripes in 2011 and the Yankee hitters were more than happy to see him.
The Mark Teixeira Show continued as he shined in the offensive display by the Yankees with his whopping four hits that included two more homeruns added to his weekend tally. Robinson Cano too went deep in consecutive games, but he only hit one homer this time around. CC Sabathia navigated his way through 7 innings of work for his 6th win of the season. This time Soriano wasn't needed as the Yanks were well ahead 9-2 which became the final score.
Winner of 4 straight games for the first time in a long time, the Yanks wanted to get greedy and make it 5 in a row with a sweep of the Oakland A's. Standing in the Yankees way was A's left hander Tommy Milone. In the top of the 1st inning, Derek Jeter continued to climb up the hits chart by surpassing Royals Hall of Fame 3rd baseman George Brett.
Yankee runs weren't as plentiful for this final game and Hiroki Kuroda was forced the make an early 1-0 lead from an Andrew Jones bomb to centerfield stand. Looking for his first road win of the season and the usual recipient of poor run support, Kuroda took matters into his own hands and delivered shutout 8 innings of brilliance against the weak-hitting A's lineup. The only threat came in the bottom of the 7th when the A's had runners at the corners with only one out, but Kuroda boldly struck out Kila Ka'aihue and got Josh Donaldson to fly out. Mark Teixeira failed to hit another homerun, but did add a major RBI double to give Rafael Soriano a two-run cushion to work with. With the tying run at the plate in the bottom of the 9th, Soriano struck out Seth Smith to end the game and complete the sweep of the A's with the 2-0 win.
Resembling a baseball team at 26-21, the Yankees head to the warmer Southern California this time to face off against the always-nemesis Anaheim Angels of California and a lockdown rotation of Jared Weaver, Dan Haren, and Ervin Santana....
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