The New York Yankees lose their fourth straight in loss to Oakland Athletics

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 7-4.  Vidal Nuno started and pitched ok but didn't give them any length.  The bullpen didn't fare so well.  Jacoby Ellsbury led the offense with three hits and three RBI. 

Nuno pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up six hits and two runs with a walk and five strikeouts.  Matt Daley pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with one of them being earned, Mat t Thornton pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout and Jose Ramirez lost his first game of the season.  Ramirez made his major league debut and pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and two strikeouts.  Wade Leblanc made his Yankees debut pitching an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk. 

Jesse Chavez won his fifth game of the season pitching six innings giving up seven hits and four runs.  He walked two and struck out five.  Fernando Abad pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit, Dan Otero pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and striking out two and Sean Doolittle pitched a perfect inning. 

Brett Gardner had two hits, Derek Jeter had a hit and an RBI and Ellsbury had three hits and three RBI.  Mark Teixeira had a hit, Yangervis Solarte had a hit and Brian Roberts drew a walk.  Ichiro Suzuki had a hit and drew a walk, Ellsbury hit a homerun and the Yankees were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Gardner and Suzuki each had a stolen base and Jeter committed an error. 

Jed Lowrie had two hits and an RBI, Josh Donaldson had three hits and an RBI and Yoenis Cespedes had three hits and two RBI.  Derek Norris had a hit and drew a walk, Brandon Moss had a hit and an RBI and Kyle Blanks had a hit, an RBI and hit a double.  Cespedes hit two homeruns and Donaldson hit a homerun.  The Athletics were 0-9 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Norris and Lowrie each committed an error. 

In the third Jeter hit an RBI single and Ellsbury hit a three run homerun giving the Yankees a 4-0 lead.  Cespedes hit a solo homerun in the fourth to make it a 4-1 game.  Lowrie hit a sacrifice fly in the fifth to cut the lead to 4-2.  Cespedes hit a solo homerun in the sixth to make it a 4-3 game.  Callaspo hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game in the sixth.  In the seventh Donaldson hit a solo homerun to give the A's a 5-4 lead.  In the ninth Moss was hit by a pitch scoring a run and Blanks hit a sacrifice fly to make it a 7-4 game and that was the final score.  The Yankees will try and salvage the final game of the series on Thursday afternoon.