The Yankees finished off Oakland in their three game series with a 6-2 victory last night. Behind the bat of Mark Teixeira and the arm of A.J. Burnett, New York cruised to their fifth straight victory overall. The Yankees now lead the season series 5-1 against Oakland, which is pretty sad for the A's considering how much they've talked about that A-Rod/Braden incident.
Mark Teixeira hit a three-run home run in the 4th inning to continue his scorching hot streak at the plate. Derek Jeter and Ramiro Pena also contributed runs during the inning, with all five runs being scored with two outs for the Yankees.
New York's offensive burst was a great sight for A.J. Burnett, who has struggled as of late and hadn't won in over five weeks prior to last night. He only gave up two earned runs on five hits, and had three strike outs with two walks. He is now 7-7 on the season.
After destroying the Athletics Tuesday with 5 RBI, including a grand slam, Alex Rodriguez had a quiet night going 0-4 with two strikeouts. A-Rod has 597 career home runs, and is only three away from joining the 600 club, which would make him only it's seventh member.
While the A's once again tried to capitalize on the "Get Off My Mound!" phrase before the start of this series, they definitely should've focused more on their play than angering the Yankees. New York has now won more road games (25) than the Athletics have won home games (24) this season. The Yankees are 22 games above .500. The A's are 4 games under .500. That might be a sign that you are playing poor baseball and should worry about your on-field product before you worry about selling shirts.
