Alex Wood haters beware: he got in the win column for the first time all season tonight.
It certainly wasn’t the prettiest start of his career, but Wood did an excellent job with damage control all night while cashing in on three runs of support in the third inning. Those same three runs would be all the A’s needed as they defeated the New York Yankees, 3-1. With the win, they leave New York with a four-game series split.
After Wood miraculously got his way out of a bases loaded no out jam in the first thanks to a clutch strikeout and double play, the Yankees scored the games first run in the bottom of the second thanks to a Jose Trevino short-porch-aided solo home run.