Sabathia Baffles A’s For Win No. 19; Yankees Complete Sweep
September 2, 2010 at 2:15 PM by AHN · Leave a Comment
Bronx, NY, United States (AHN) – CC Sabathia was dominant over eight innings as the New York Yankees completed a four-game sweep of the Oakland Athletics with a 5-0 rout Thursday at Yankees Stadium.
Sabathia (19-5) pitched a one-hit ball for eight frames to become baseball’s first 19-game winner on the season.
The 30-year-old left-hander, a little off in his last win at the White Sox Saturday as he allowed five runs over seven innings in a 12-9 triumph, extended his streak of unbeaten starts at home to 21.
That unbeaten streak at the Bronx dates back to July 18, 2009 and is the longest for a New York pitcher since Ron Guidry logged a 16-game winning streak at home in 1985-86.
The victory also enabled New York to hike its win-streak to six games, increasing its advantage over the idle Tampa Bay Rays to 1 1-2 games for first place in the AL East.
Curtis Granderson provided the bulk of the offense in the Yankees rout, hitting a pair of home runs and driving in three after replacing an injured Nick Swisher in the second inning.
Jorge Posada also homered, cracking a solo blast in the second to open up the scoring for the Yankees.
Dallas Braden (9-10), coming off his second career shutout and fifth complete game of the season Friday in Texas, yielded two hits and one run over five-plus innings.
It was Braden’s first start against New York since his verbal spat with Alex Rodriguez on April 22 in Oakland, which stemmed from the Yanks All-Star third baseman crossing the mound while returning to first base after a foul ball.
Braden got the best of the Yankees during that contest, pitching six innings of two-run ball en route to Oakland’s lone win in 10 meetings with New York this year.
