For a little while there, the A’s had some hope. They led the Yankees, 5-1, after the third and even after giving back a couple, they still carried a two-run advantage into the seventh. However, there are very good reasons why New York began Monday with 28 more wins than Oakland, and those emerged in the seventh inning. A combination of bad pitching, defensive miscues, and key Yankees hits led to a six-run frame as the Bombers came back to beat the A’s, 9-5.
The Yankees were the first to get on the board, and while the man behind their first run wasn’t a surprise in the broader scope of the 2022 season, it had been a minute since he was the driving force of a rally.