By Blaidd Drwg
…as Yogi Berra used to say.
After 4 innings in NY today, the A’s lead the Yankees 7 – 2 and didn’t look like they stood much of a chance against Rich Harden and the Yankees starter Phil Hughes was already out of the game. There is a reason they play 9 innings rather than 4 in baseball. Over the next 5 innings, the Yankees managed 15 hits, 13 walks and 20(!!) runs against the A’s pitchers, aided by 3 grand slams, to pull out a 22 – 9 victory today. Nick Swisher managed to go 1 for 4 with 2 runs and 2 walks, making him the only Yankees starter not to drive in a run and Mark Teixeira managed to be the only Yankee starter without a hit despite knocking in 2 runs. Heck only 2 A’s starters failed to get a hit or knock in a run (they both failed to do both) – Coco Crisp and Andy Recker, who has the unfortunate luck of going 0 for 3 with 3 strikeouts in his MLB debut in a game featuring 31 runs and 36 hits. Overall, it was a good day if you had any A’s or Yankees hitters on your fantasy team.
FlatbreadGarden 