Overview
- Brent Rooker lifted a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the ninth, sealing Oakland’s 3-2 win at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday.
- The Yankees struck out a season-high 15 times and went 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position after starting with a 2-0 first-inning lead.
- The bottom of New York’s lineup stayed cold, with the seven-through-nine spots now 16-for-111 this season as Ben Rice went 0-for-4 with four strikeouts.
- Oakland’s bullpen covered four shutout innings with no hits allowed, two walks, and eight strikeouts after five steady frames from Luis Severino.
- David Bednar took the loss and Elvis Alvarado earned the win, with Ryan Weathers set to face Jeffrey Springs in Thursday’s series finale.