Athletics at New York Yankees
Final
Recap
NEW YORK -- Brent Rooker hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly off David Bednar in the ninth inning, and the Athletics rallied to beat the New York Yankees 3-2 on Wednesday night. Nick Kurtz singled leading off the ninth against Bednar (0-1), and Shea Langeliers doubled. Rooker lofted a flyball to center field and Kurtz scored without a play. Elvis Alvarado (2-0) got two outs for an A's bullpen that pitched four hitless innings in relief of Luis Severino. Joel Kuhnel worked a perfect ninth for his second major league save, his first since 2022.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteNYY -196 · 64% to win
UpsetRun LineNYY -1.5
OAK coveredTotalO/U 8 · 5 scored
UnderAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
9Hits4
0Home runs0
3Walks7
9Strikeouts15
1Stolen bases0
160Pitches thrown149
15Pitching strikeouts9
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob WilsonSS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Kurtz1B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Max Muncy3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeff McNeil2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shea LangeliersC | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Denzel ClarkePR-CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent RookerDH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lawrence ButlerCF-RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Carlos CortesRF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler SoderstromLF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Darell HernaizPH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 37 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hogan HarrisP | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Scott BarlowP | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Luis SeverinoP | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| Joel KuhnelP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Elvis AlvaradoP | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |