Replay was responsible for keeping the Yankees from a season-worst third straight loss.
Though it appeared the A’s took a ninth-inning lead on a sacrifice fly, the Yankees were rewarded with an overturned call of Gary Sanchez’s tag of Matt Olson and escaped a bases-loaded jam, which eventually allowed them to pull out a 7-6, 11-inning win Saturday in The Bronx.
When Brett Gardner unleashed the one-hop throw from left field, he believed the Yankees would need another ninth-inning miracle.
“I thought he was safe,” Gardner said. “I knew I made a pretty good throw, but I just thought it was a little late from my angle.