NY Yankees (74-45) at Oakland (53-65)

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Sabathia set to solve hometown park

Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
Vallejo, Calif., native CC Sabathia will be making his ninth career start in Oakland on Tuesday. Sabathia is 1-4 with a 7.12 ERA in his career at the Oakland Coliseum, the second highest of any stadium he has pitched in more than twice.
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Yankees probable pitcher

CC Sabathia

  • #52 LHP
  • (13-7) 3.64 ERA 133 SO
Sabathia will try for his fourth consecutive victory as the Yankees play the second game of a three-game series with the A's on Tuesday. Sabathia was dominant his last time out, limiting the Mariners to one run on three hits in eight innings on Thursday at Safeco Field, walking two and striking out a season-high 10 batters. Over his past two starts, Sabathia has seemed to find a new gear, going 2-0 with a 0.57 ERA while striking out 19 and limiting opponents to a .100 batting average. Sabathia beat the A's on July 23 in New York and took a no-decision on April 22 against them.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 130-80 3.65 1830.0 570 1526 .246
Season 13-7 3.64 170.2 47 133 .235
August 3-0 2.38 22.2 4 24 .190
Vs. Oakland 1-0 5.93 13.2 4 6 .278

Series at a Glance

Standings - 08/18/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
New York Yankees (AL East) 74 45 .622 - 41-18 33-27
Oakland Athletics (AL West) 53 65 .449 19.0 28-30 25-35
Stats - 08/18/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
NYY .278 657 182 629 74 734 4.29 1069.1 1027 421 917
OAK .256 537 98 513 92 746 4.45 1056.2 1100 404 799
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Everidge eyes improved swing

Mychael Urban / MLB.com
Struggling rookie first baseman Tommy Everidge got most of the night off Monday, and it's unclear if he'll be in the lineup for the A's on Tuesday for the second game of a three-game series against the visiting Yankees.
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Athletics probable pitcher

Vin Mazzaro

  • #54 RHP
  • (4-8) 5.54 ERA 49 SO
Mazzaro picked up his second successive win on Wednesday, tossing 5 1/3 innings, giving up three runs on eight hits. He also issued just one walk and had one strikeout to pick up his fourth win of the season. Despite the win, Wednesday marked Mazzaro's eighth straight start in which he has given up at least seven hits.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 4-8 5.54 76.1 31 49 .321
Season 4-8 5.54 76.1 31 49 .321
August 2-1 7.04 15.1 8 6 .366
Vs. NY Yankees 0-1 12.46 4.1 4 7 .400

Yankees hitters vs Vin Mazzaro

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Cabrera, Melky - - - - .500 2 0 0
Cano, Robinson .500 2 0 0 .250 4 0 0
Cervelli, Francisco - - - - - - - -
Corona, Reegie - - - - - - - -
Gardner, Brett .000 1 0 0 .000 1 0 0
Jackson, Austin - - - - - - - -
Jeter, Derek .000 2 0 0 .400 5 0 0
Miranda, Juan - - - - - - - -
Nunez, Eduardo - - - - - - - -
Pena, Ramiro - - - - - - - -
Posada, Jorge .667 3 0 2 .500 6 0 3
Rodriguez, Alex .000 2 0 0 .333 3 0 0
Russo, Kevin - - - - - - - -
Swisher, Nick - - - - .500 2 0 0
Teixeira, Mark .667 3 1 3 .333 6 1 3

Athletics hitters vs CC Sabathia

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Barton, Daric - - - - .333 6 0 1
Buck, Travis - - - - - - - -
Carter, Chris - - - - - - - -
Chavez, Eric - - - - .188 16 1 2
Cunningham, Aaron - - - - - - - -
Cust, Jack .250 4 0 2 .294 17 1 7
Davis, Rajai .000 4 0 0 .083 12 0 0
Ellis, Mark .500 6 0 1 .273 22 1 5
Everidge, Tommy - - - - .500 2 1 1
Hairston, Scott .000 3 0 0 .300 10 0 0
Patterson, Eric - - - - - - - -
Pennington, Cliff - - - - .000 3 0 0
Petit, Gregorio - - - - - - - -
Powell, Landon .000 2 0 0 .000 2 0 0
Suzuki, Kurt .500 6 1 4 .250 16 2 5
Sweeney, Ryan .000 3 0 0 .167 6 0 0

Stay by the Bay goes Sabathia's way (75-45) (53-66)

Yankees 7, Athletics 2

Yanks first to 75

Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
Vallejo, Calif., native CC Sabathia enjoyed his finest start at the Oakland Coliseum, throwing eight innings of two-run ball. In the first, Sabathia threw behind Kurt Suzuki, who followed with a homer, but the lefty recovered to help the Yanks become the first team to 75 victories. New York used a five-run sixth to ensure Sabathia's 14th win.

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Series at a Glance

 

Sloppy play hurts

Adam Loberstein / MLB.com
Errors hampered the A's during Vin Mazzaro's five solid innings, and a passed ball, a hit-by-pitch and two walks didn't help in a five-run sixth inning. Kurt Suzuki went deep one pitch after nearly being hit by CC Sabathia, and Tommy Everidge homered in the second, but Oakland was stifled after that.
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Yankees 7, Athletics 2

NY Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Jeter, SS 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 .330
Damon, LF 4 1 2 1 1 0 3 .283
Teixeira, 1B 4 1 0 0 1 1 6 .283
Rodriguez, A, 3B 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 .257
Matsui, H, DH 4 0 2 1 1 0 2 .269
  1-Hinske, PR-DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Posada, C 4 0 1 2 0 1 5 .273
Cano, 2B 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 .315
Swisher, RF 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 .244
Cabrera, Me, CF 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 .268
Totals 37 7 13 6 5 5 20  


1-Ran for Matsui, H in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Cabrera, Me (20, Mazzaro), Posada (20, Mazzaro), Swisher (23, Marshall), Damon (29, Marshall).
TB: Jeter 3; Damon 3; Rodriguez, A; Matsui, H 2; Posada 2; Swisher 3; Cabrera, Me 3.
RBI: Posada 2 (55), Jeter (54), Damon (68), Rodriguez, A (64), Matsui, H (59).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Posada 2; Teixeira; Cano.
SF: Posada.
GIDP: Teixeira; Posada; Damon.
Team RISP: 4-for-12.
Team LOB: 11.

BASERUNNING
SB: Damon (9, 2nd base off Mazzaro/Suzuki, K).
 
Oakland AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Kennedy, A, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 .282
Davis, R, CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293
Suzuki, K, C 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .277
Hairston, S, LF 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .289
Garciaparra, 1B 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .268
Ellis, M, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .279
Everidge, DH 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 .237
Sweeney, R, RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 5 .274
Pennington, SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .283
Totals 32 2 5 2 3 9 12  

BATTING
2B: Garciaparra (7, Sabathia).
HR: Suzuki, K (10, 1st inning off Sabathia, 0 on, 2 out), Everidge (2, 2nd inning off Sabathia, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Suzuki, K 4; Hairston, S; Garciaparra 2; Everidge 4; Sweeney, R.
RBI: Suzuki, K (55), Everidge (7).
2-out RBI: Suzuki, K; Everidge.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Sweeney, R 4.
Team RISP: 0-for-5.
Team LOB: 6.

FIELDING
E: Suzuki, K (3, throw), Kennedy, A (9, fielding), Ellis, M (3, fielding).
PB: Suzuki, K (3).
DP: 3 (Ellis, M-Pennington-Garciaparra, Garciaparra-Pennington-Garciaparra, Garciaparra-Pennington-Casilla, S).
 
NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Sabathia (W, 14-7) 8.0 5 2 2 1 7 2 3.58
Robertson, D 1.0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3.06
 
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Mazzaro 5.0 7 2 1 3 2 0 5.31
Marshall (L, 0-1) 0.1 3 4 4 0 0 0 9.82
Casilla, S 1.2 2 1 1 2 0 0 5.73
Gray 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1.17

WP: Robertson, D, Mazzaro.
IBB: Everidge (by Sabathia), Teixeira (by Casilla, S).
HBP: Rodriguez, A (by Mazzaro), Cabrera, Me (by Marshall).
Pitches-strikes: Sabathia 94-66, Robertson, D 23-11, Mazzaro 103-59, Marshall 13-6, Casilla, S 27-14, Gray 23-14.
Groundouts-flyouts: Sabathia 12-5, Robertson, D 0-1, Mazzaro 7-5, Marshall 1-0, Casilla, S 4-1, Gray 2-1.
Batters faced: Sabathia 30, Robertson, D 5, Mazzaro 24, Marshall 5, Casilla, S 9, Gray 7.
Inherited runners-scored: Casilla, S 2-2.
Umpires: HP: Jerry Layne. 1B: Todd Tichenor. 2B: Chris Guccione. 3B: Mike Winters.
Weather: 63 degrees, clear.
Wind: 12 mph, Out to RF.
T: 2:54.
Att: 25,383.
August 18, 2009

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