Yankees Outpower Athletics 7-3

Brent Rooker provides all the firepower in the 7-3 loss in New York with a sixth inning three-run homer.Tonight, the 9-15 Oakland Athletics were hoping to take a series lead from an American League East rival, the New York Yankees. Tonight’s third game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. Mark Kotsay sent 24-year-old righty Joe Boyle to the mound to face the Bronx Bombers, while righty Clarke Schmidt started for the Yankees.

The Yankees got on the board first after a questionable call (yet again) by the umpire crew. After Boyle worked a 1-2 count on slugger Aaron Judge. He threw a beautiful strike three and as Judge was walking to the dugout he quickly turned and came back to the…