Oakland Athletics vs New York Yankees Match Player Stats On May 26, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 26, 2017

NEW YORK -- Jed Lowrie delivered an RBI single with two outs in the eighth inning and the Oakland Athletics overcame 13 strikeouts by Masahiro Tanaka to get a 4-1 victory over the New York Yankees Friday night.

Lowrie had three hits, including a single and a double off Tanaka in his first two at-bats. The rest of his teammates could do little off the right-hander, who allowed one run and five hits in 7 1/3 innings and recorded each strikeout on swings and misses.

In the eighth, the Athletics did enough to get Tanaka (5-4) out of the game. After Mark Canha was the final strikeout victim against Tanaka, Adam Rosales lined the 111th pitch up the middle and Tyler Clippard came on.

Clippard was charged with a two-base throwing error, allowing Rosales to slide into third on a pickoff attempt. Rosales was thrown out at the plate by third baseman Chase Headley on a ground ball by Rajai Davis.

After Davis stole second and Matt Joyce walked, Lowrie grounded the first pitch into right field for a 1-0 lead. Khris Davis followed with an RBI infield hit that shortstop Didi Gregorius could not make a play on.

Stephen Vogt added insurance with a long two-run homer in the ninth off Jonathan Holder.

While he did not accumulate strikeouts like Tanaka, Sean Manaea (3-3) was just as effective. Moved up a day because Kendall Graveman was scratched with right shoulder soreness, Manaea allowed four hits in seven innings with eight strikeouts.

The left-hander did not allow more than one runner in an inning until the seventh when Aaron Judge singled and Gregorius reached on catcher's interference. Manaea escaped by getting Headley to hit into an inning-ending double play.

Ryan Madson pitched a scoreless eighth but Santiago Casilla wobbled in the ninth. He gave up a sacrifice fly to Gregorius but stranded two by retiring pinch hitter Gary Sanchez.

Before Oakland went ahead, Tanaka struck out five of the first six hitters. Oakland had two on in the fourth, but Tanaka struck out Trevor Plouffe to end the inning. The seventh ended when Vogt hit a fly ball that required center fielder Aaron Hicks to catch while crashing into the wall.

NOTES: Oakland RHPs Kendall Graveman (right shoulder soreness) and Jesse Hahn (strained triceps) were not with the team since they were getting evaluated. Manager Bob Melvin said there is a "good chance" Graveman and Hahn will be placed on the disabled list, but a move will not occur until Saturday. ... LHP Aroldis Chapman (left rotator cuff inflammation) saw the Yankees' doctor Friday and could be cleared to begin throwing Saturday. ... Yankees RF Aaron Judge was a 31st-round pick of Oakland in 2010 but did not sign because he wanted to attend college.