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YANKEES 4
OAKLAND 3



Last night in Oakland, Jason Giambi hit a homerun in the 13th inning, to win the game for the Yankees 4-3. After trailing 3-0 at the end of the first inning, the Yanks buckled down, and cameback to tie the game at 3-3.


Oakland had scored three unearned runs in the first inning against starter Darrell Rasner, but was held scoreless through the following 12 frames. Alex Rodriguez put the Yankees on the board in the fifth with his Major League-leading seventh home run. Melky Cabrera added another run later in the inning with a one-out RBI single to left that scored Robinson Cano.
In the 7th inning, Cano worked an eight-pitch walk to open the inning and came around to score as Jorge Posada ripped a two-out, pinch-hit double.


The Yankee bullpen was outsanding last night, and just about everyone contributed. Henn, Proctor, Myers, Vizcaino, Farnsworth, rivera, and Bruney all pitched well, and gave up 0 runs in their work. Brian Bruney (1-1) got the win for the Yanks, after working a scoreless 12th and 13th inning.


Brian Bruney was especially excited about being on the mound for the last out and receving the win, because he felt a bit offended by Travis Buck and the A’s “extra celebrating” in the previous nights Oakland win.
“You see a guy slam a helmet in front of you after the game is over last night, [that] makes it a little extra special,” Bruney said. “I thought that was a little disrespectful last night. Our guys win with class.”


The Yankees will rap up the series with Oakland Sunday afternoon, and then will head home to meet the Cleveland Indians.


GAME NOTES:
RASNER: Pitched decent, but wasn’t helped out by the early Yankee defense. (5.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 0 ER)
BULLPEN: Excellent game for the bullpen. Everyone in the arsenal was used. (7.2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER)
GIAMBI: 1-6, GW HR
CANO: 3-4, 1 RBI, 2BB
POSADA: 2-3, 1 RBI



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