{"id":16377,"date":"2018-10-04T03:05:08","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T08:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=16377"},"modified":"2018-10-04T03:05:08","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T08:05:08","slug":"the-new-york-yankees-beat-the-oakland-athletics-7-2-to-set-up-showdown-with-red-sox-in-a-l-d-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=16377","title":{"rendered":"The New York Yankees Beat The Oakland Athletics 7-2, To Set Up Showdown With Red Sox In A.L.D.S."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jun 24, 2016; Bronx, NY, USA; New York Yankees relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman (54) delivers a pitch during the ninth inning against the Minnesota Twins at Yankee Stadium. New York Yankees won 5-3.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

Yankees Beat Athletics to Set Up Showdown With Red Sox in A.L.D.S. The New York <\/span>Yankees Blast Away Nerves, and the A\u2019s, for a Wild-Card Win<\/h1>\n
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Aaron Judge looked a lot like Aaron Judge, and that was good news for the Yankees, who slugged their way past the Oakland Athletics, 7-2, in the American League wild-card game on Wednesday. With the win at Yankee Stadium, the Yankees advance to the divisional round, where they will face the Boston Red Sox.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was an unusual start to the game, with Oakland choosing to continue the trend of using a reliever to start the game. Liam Hendriks was overmatched immediately, walking Andrew McCutchen and then watching as Judge crushed a 427-foot homer over the left-field wall for a 2-0 lead, showing no ill effects from a wrist injury that had sapped his power in September.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oakland\u2019s pitching staff settled down after that for four shutout innings, but in the sixth <\/strong>inning another rally was started when Judge fought off an inside fastball, pushing it into the outfield for a double. Aaron Hicks drove Judge in for the Yankees\u2019 third run, and Giancarlo Stanton drew a walk and stole a base.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That set up a face-off between Blake Treinen, Oakland\u2019s top reliever, and Luke Voit, the Yankees\u2019 September phenomenon. The young slugger won easily, tripling off the right-field wall to bring in two runs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Yankees added one more run that inning on a sacrifice fly by Didi Gregorius that scored Voit, and then Stanton led off the eighth inning with a mammoth home run, the first of his postseason career.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Luis Severino had been a somewhat controversial choice as a starter for the Yankees after a rocky second half of the season, but he was brilliant for four no-hit innings, and Manager Aaron Boone pulled him quickly when he allowed two hits to start the fifth.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A group of Yankee relievers held the powerful Oakland lineup to just two runs, both of which came on an opposite-field homer by Khris Davis, the major league home run leader.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The win sets up what has been a hotly anticipated series all season between the bitter A.L. East rivals. Game 1 of their division series will be Friday in Boston, with J.A. Happ expected to start for the Yankees against Chris Sale.<\/strong><\/p>\n