It’s been nearly two years since Zack Britton suffered an Achilles tendon injury that required surgery, but it gave him a scare in the eighth inning of the Yankees’ 4-3, 11-inning win over Oakland.
The left-hander left the game during an at-bat against Marcus Semien after he retired the first two batters he faced in the inning.
“It was the side where the Achilles was repaired,’’ Britton said of the right calf cramp. “It didn’t make any sense to push it to a point where I did something pretty serious, especially with all the work I’ve done coming back.