New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics Live Streaming
Monday, July 5, 2010
New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics Live Streaming
10:05 pm EDT Mon Jul 5, 2010
The New York Yankees are back in Oakland for the first time since a memorable spat between Alex Rodriguez and Dallas Braden. Rodriguez is sure to be showered with boos upon his return to the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on Monday night when the Yankees and Oakland Athletics open a three-game series. New York took two of three at Oakland from April 20-22, but Braden pitched the Athletics to a 4-2 win in the series finale. That game will be remembered for an incident in which Rodriguez jogged across the mound, resulting in an outburst from the Oakland starter. Rodriguez was taken aback by the pitcher’s reaction. Braden went on to throw a perfect game May 9 against Tampa Bay, but is winless in eight starts since and was placed on the disabled list Saturday due to soreness in his left elbow.
The Yankees are beginning a seven-game West Coast trip after reaching the season’s midpoint with 50 victories. New York beat Toronto 7-6 on Sunday on pinch-hitter Marcus Thames’ game-winning RBI single in the 10th inning. Catcher Jorge Posada left the game after spraining his left ring finger on a foul tip. Manager Joe Girardi said he would not catch Monday. The A’s will try for a fourth straight home win after a 4-2 road trip against last-place clubs Baltimore and Cleveland. Oakland starters went 4-0 with a 2.08 ERA on the trip, which concluded with Vin Mazzaro pitching 7 1-3 strong innings in Sunday’s 3-1 win over the Indians. Ben Sheets will try to continue the string of strong outings from Oakland starters. He gave up four runs over six innings Wednesday in a 9-6 loss to the Orioles. The right-hander fell to 1-1 with a 1.38 ERA in two career starts against New York on April 21, when he yielded two runs in six innings of a 3-1 loss.
