Yanks, Severino fall to the A’s
Oakland, Calif. — Whether playing 20 straight games without a break, bouncing back from a tough loss or pulling off a lategame Sanchez's 13 passed balls matched the Angels' Martin rally, Maldonado for most in majors. manager Bob Melvin sure appreciates Sanchez tied for the big league his resilient Oakland high with 16 last year. He also Athletics. has been behind the plate for
Stephen Piscotty hit a tworun 37 wild pitches after being single, Matt Chapman and part of 53 in 2017. Matt Olson each doubled in a The home run was Sanchez's run, and the A's jumped on the first since June 20 against Seattle. New York Yankees early for an 8-2 win Wednesday night.
Jed Lowrie added a run-scoring single as the A's backed righty Mike Fiers (11-6), who escaped a bases-loaded jam in the first after Giancarlo Stanton's one-out double and a pair of two-out walks.
Fiers is 4-0 in six starts since joining Oakland, and the A's have won all his outings.
The A's moved within 3 1/2 games of the Yankees for the top AL wild card, also remaining 3 1/2 back of the AL West-leading Astros.
Fiers struck out the side in order in the sixth, and the lone hit he allowed after the first was Aaron Hicks' leadoff single in the fourth before Gary Sanchez's two-run homer in the seventh chased the Oakland starter.
Fiers fanned five in six innings, giving up three hits as the A's concluded a grueling stretch of 20 games without an off day.
New York right-hander Luis Severino (17-7) reached 200 strikeouts for the second consecutive season but was done with two outs in the third for his shortest outing of the season. He allowed six runs — five earned — on six hits.
Severino threw two wild pitches that scored separate runs in the first, when Sanchez also had a pair of passed balls.
"A couple misunderstandings at the plate. A leadoff double, then another double. A bunch of stuff. A couple of cross-ups with the signs. It was a mess," Severino said. "I need to do a better job. I need to communicate more with Gary. I have to try to make it better."
Plate problems Hall of Fame
The first class in the Athletics Hall of Fame was enshrined during a pregame ceremony.
Hall of Famers Dennis Eckersley, Rollie Fingers, Rickey Henderson and the late Jim "Catfish" Hunter, along with Reggie Jackson and 1989 World Series MVP Dave Stewart were part of the class. So was late A's owner Charlie Finley.