Coco knocks Yankees off perch
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August 26, 2011, Friday
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COCO Crisp belted a three-run home run in the 10th inning to lead the Oakland Athletics to a 6-4 win over the New York Yankees on Wednesday, a loss that dropped the Yankees out of first place in their division.
New York is now one game behind Boston in the American League East after the Red Sox defeated the Texas Rangers 13-2.
Crisp opened the scoring with a solo home run in the first inning and got Oakland back into the lead at 3-2 with an RBI single in the eighth inning.
Mark Teixeira's solo home run in the bottom of the eighth inning tied the score before Crisp belted a first-pitch slider from relief pitcher Rafael Soriano over the right field fence to score Cliff Pennington and Scott Sizemore.
"He threw a slider previously, first pitch, and I went up there and said, 'OK, slider,' and he threw it and I caught the barrel," said Crisp. "It's not something that I should do, because I'm not successful. I'm not sure when I've been successful doing that, aside from tonight."
Nick Swisher also hit two solo home runs for the Yankees, one in the sixth inning to give New York a 2-1 lead and another in the 10th inning.
Rafael Soriano pitched the 10th inning for New York and took the loss.
"Today wasn't my day. I left a couple of pitches up," said Soriano who hasn't pitched in a game in a week.
"I feel good. This is the first time I haven't pitched in a week, but I tried to do my best."
In Arlington, Texas, the Boston Red Sox returned to the top of the American League East standings in emphatic style by crushing the West division-leading Texas Rangers 13-2.
David Ortiz had an RBI single on the first pitch he saw in 10 days and scored twice in his return from bursitis in his right heel. Carl Crawford, Jacoby Ellsbury and Adrian Gonzalez hit two-run homers in consecutive innings for the Red Sox.
Crawford matched a career high with his five RBIs.
Boston starter Josh Beckett (11-5) allowed one run over six innings.
In the National League, the New York Mets snapped a five-game losing skid and avoided a series sweep with a 7-4 win over the National League-leading Philadelphia Phillies.
New York starter Mike Pelfrey (7-10) allowed three is six innings, while Nick Evans and David Wright both homered for the Mets.
Phillies starter Kyle Kendrick (7-6) gave up two earned runs in four innings filling in for Cole Hamels, but the Mets scored four unearned runs in the first with the help of a fielding error.
New York is now one game behind Boston in the American League East after the Red Sox defeated the Texas Rangers 13-2.
Crisp opened the scoring with a solo home run in the first inning and got Oakland back into the lead at 3-2 with an RBI single in the eighth inning.
Mark Teixeira's solo home run in the bottom of the eighth inning tied the score before Crisp belted a first-pitch slider from relief pitcher Rafael Soriano over the right field fence to score Cliff Pennington and Scott Sizemore.
"He threw a slider previously, first pitch, and I went up there and said, 'OK, slider,' and he threw it and I caught the barrel," said Crisp. "It's not something that I should do, because I'm not successful. I'm not sure when I've been successful doing that, aside from tonight."
Nick Swisher also hit two solo home runs for the Yankees, one in the sixth inning to give New York a 2-1 lead and another in the 10th inning.
Rafael Soriano pitched the 10th inning for New York and took the loss.
"Today wasn't my day. I left a couple of pitches up," said Soriano who hasn't pitched in a game in a week.
"I feel good. This is the first time I haven't pitched in a week, but I tried to do my best."
In Arlington, Texas, the Boston Red Sox returned to the top of the American League East standings in emphatic style by crushing the West division-leading Texas Rangers 13-2.
David Ortiz had an RBI single on the first pitch he saw in 10 days and scored twice in his return from bursitis in his right heel. Carl Crawford, Jacoby Ellsbury and Adrian Gonzalez hit two-run homers in consecutive innings for the Red Sox.
Crawford matched a career high with his five RBIs.
Boston starter Josh Beckett (11-5) allowed one run over six innings.
In the National League, the New York Mets snapped a five-game losing skid and avoided a series sweep with a 7-4 win over the National League-leading Philadelphia Phillies.
New York starter Mike Pelfrey (7-10) allowed three is six innings, while Nick Evans and David Wright both homered for the Mets.
Phillies starter Kyle Kendrick (7-6) gave up two earned runs in four innings filling in for Cole Hamels, but the Mets scored four unearned runs in the first with the help of a fielding error.
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