OAKLAND, Calif. _ The Oakland A's won game one of their series against the New York Yankees, 6-2, on Tuesday night. With Tampa Bay and Cleveland losing its games Tuesday night, the A's moved to a tie with the Rays for the second wild card.
Homer Bailey's splitter helped silence a tough Yankees lineup; seven of his eight strikeouts came on his splitter.
Bailey held control of his outing by going up 0-2 in 18 at bats, able to fend off a flurry of spoiled pitches to keep New York to just Gary Sanchez's solo home run over his 5.2-inning outing.
Matt Olson and Mark Cahna delivered back-to-back home runs in the first inning to give the A's a 3-1 lead off Yankees starter Domingo German. They'd deliver again with a single and double in the sixth, scoring on Stephen Piscotty's shallow infield-beating single. Marcus Semien doubled twice.
Behind an impressive offensive night from his teammates, Khris Davis' struggles worsened. He struck out four times, lowering his August average to .130.
