New York Yankees storm back to defeat the Oakland Athletics

The New York Yankees defeated the Oakland Athletics on Monday night.  The game took place at 

Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 9-5.  Jordan Montgomery started for the 

Yankees and he pitched ok, he had one bad inning but gutted it out, pitching into the 7th inning.  

Albert Abreu pitched great and Marwin Gonzalez led the offense with two hits.  

Montgomery pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up six hits and five runs with a walk and six strikeouts.  

Abreu who picked up his first win of the season pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up a walk and he struck out

4 batters.  

Paul Blackburn started for the Athletics and he pitched five innings giving up five hits and three runs.

He walked two and struck out seven, Adam Oller pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two runs with one being

Earned.  He walked three batters, A.J. Puk pitched giving up a hit and three runs with two being earned.

Austin Pruitt pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run and Kirby Snead pitched an inning with

A walk.  

DJ LeMahieu had a hit and drew two walks, Aaron Judge had a hit and an RBI and Anthony Rizzo had a

Hit and an RBI.  Matt Carpenter drew a walk, Giancarlo Stanton had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and 

Josh Donaldson had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Aaron Hicks drew a walk, Jose Trevino had a hit 

And two RBI and Gonzalez had two hits and an RBI.  Gonzalez, Donaldson and Trevino each hit a 

Double.  Rizzo and Stanton each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 4-8 with runners in scoring position

And left seven men on base.  LeMahieu had a stolen base and Rizzo committed an error.  

Christian Bethancourt had a hit, Ramon Laureano had a hit and an RBI and Elvis Andrus had two hits,

Three RBI and drew a walk.  Sheldon Neuse had a hit and an RBI, Nick Allen had a hit and drew a walk.

Laureano and Andrus each hit a double and the Athletics were 3-4 with runners in scoring position and 

Left five men on base.  Andrus had a stolen base and Murphy committed two errors.  

In the bottom of the first Rizzo hit a solo homerun giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the third Laureano

Hit an RBI double tying the game at one.  Andrus hit a three-run double and it was 4-1 Oakland.  

Neuse hit an RBI single and the lead was extended to 5-1.  In the bottom of the fourth Stanton hit a solo

Homerun to pull the Yankees to 5-2.  In the bottom of the fifth Judge hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 

5-3.  In the bottom of the seventh a run scored on a catchers interference and Donaldson hit a two-run

Double giving the Yankees a 6-5 lead.  Trevino hit a two-run double and Gonzalez hit an RBI single

Pushing the lead to 9-5 and that would be the final score.