The Oakland Athletics hoped to get back in the win column against the New York Yankees tonight in the Bronx. While it may seem odd to call a 19-17 team “struggling”, it is equally as odd to note that the Yankees started the night in last place in the A. L. East, ten games behind the division leading Rays.
Righty Drew Rucinski (0-2, 7.71 ERA) got his third start of the season for the A’s against Yankees righty Clarke Schmidt (0-3, 5.83 ERA).
The A’s The bottom of the first may have felt like déjà vu all over again for Drew Rucinski as errors and miscues plagued his last start.