Oakland dropped the first game against the best team in baseball, losing to the New York Yankees 9-5 on Monday evening.
The starting pitching was solid considering who he was facing off against, and the lineup had a big third inning where they scored all their runs. The Yankees had a big inning of their own, though, as the bullpen let this game get away from the A’s late.
New York struck first today, getting a two-out home run in the bottom of the first off the bat of Anthony Rizzo. That bomb was the first road home run starting pitcher Paul Blackburn has allowed all year and only his sixth total.