Bronx Pinstripes · Jun 20, 2021
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BRONX, N.Y. — All the New York Yankees need to do now is play with a lead from wire to wire. Nonetheless, the Bronx Bombers pulled off a solid series victory against an Oakland Athletics club that boasted one of the best records in the bigs.
GAME 1
It was a fairly anticlimactic 5-3 loss for what was the first game where Yankee Stadium could be open to full capacity. Oakland had the bigger numbers in power ball, whereas New York mustered a mere four hits.
The early seesaw affair saw the A’s fire the first salvo on a Matt Olson tape-measure shot to right off Jameson Taillon in the first frame. The A’s doubled their lead in the third inning on a Mark Canha RBI single to center.