Oakland Athletics vs New York Yankees Match Player Stats On May 27, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 27, 2017

NEW YORK -- Matt Holliday ended Jharel Cotton's no-hit bid by hitting a two-run homer with two outs in the sixth inning and the New York Yankees defeated the Oakland Athletics 3-2 on Saturday.

Cotton (3-5) allowed three runs and two hits in his return to the majors after a two-week stint with Triple-A Nashville. He took his no-hit bid through 104 pitches, but saw it end when Holliday sent a 1-and-0 slider into the Oakland bullpen and gave the Yankees a 3-1 lead.

Cotton was lifted after allowing a single to Starlin Castro on his 107th pitch. He struck out five and walked three.

Before the hits, the Yankees did not force Oakland's defense to make any difficult plays. The Yankees made nine outs in the air and the closest they came to ending the no-hit bid occurred when Aaron Hicks lined a pitch a few feet foul into the second deck in right field in the fifth.

Cotton was bidding to no-hit the Yankees for the first time since six Houston Astros did it on June 11, 2003. The last Oakland no-hitter was Dallas Braden's perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays on May 9, 2010, although Cotton probably would have combined on the no-hitter because of his rising pitch count.

Holliday's ninth homer enabled CC Sabathia (5-2) to win his third straight start. Sabathia allowed two runs and six hits in 6 1/3 innings.

The left-hander struck out nine and had help from Aaron Judge, who made two nice defensive plays in right field.

Judge ended the sixth by catching a fly ball from Trevor Plouffe after the ball went in and out of second baseman Castro's glove.

Judge also recorded the first out of the seventh by tracking down a fly ball by Chad Pinder in foul territory and avoiding a collision with first baseman Chris Carter.

Before the sixth, Castro's sacrifice fly in the first stood as the game's only run.

Ryon Healy tied it for the A's in the sixth with a double and Josh Phegley slugged a one-out solo homer into the left field seats in the seventh. A double by Adam Rosales chased Sabathia after 96 pitches.

Adam Warren struck out Mark Canha with a runner on third to end the seventh. Dellin Betances recorded the final five outs for his fifth save after Tyler Clippard exited with two on in the eighth.

NOTES: New York LHP Aroldis Chapman (left rotator cuff inflammation) made 25 throws from 60 feet in his first baseball activities since going on the disabled list on May 14. ... Oakland placed RHP Jesse Hahn (strained triceps) on the 10-day disabled list, retroactive to Wednesday. Oakland manager Bob Melvin said the team will wait until Sunday before deciding if RHP Kendall Graveman (right shoulder soreness) needs a stint on the disabled list. ... Yankees 1B Greg Bird (bruised right ankle) took batting practice on the field for the second straight day. He will take at-bats during extended spring training and start a rehab assignment sometime next week with Class-A Tampa. ... Oakland 2B Jed Lowrie and Melvin were ejected by plate umpire Will Little in the eighth inning. Melvin was tossed after 3B Trevor Plouffe struck out on a close pitch. The A's complained about Little's strike zone for much of the game.