Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
NY Yankees 9, Oakland 3
When: 7:05 PM ET, Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Temperature: 90°
Umpires: Home - Doug Eddings, 1B - Dana DeMuth, 2B - CB Bucknor, 3B - Kerwin Danley
Attendance: 44575
Mark Teixeira hit one of three New York home runs as the Yankees hammered the Oakland Athletics 9-3 Tuesday to take over sole possession of first place in the American League East.Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Temperature: 90°
Umpires: Home - Doug Eddings, 1B - Dana DeMuth, 2B - CB Bucknor, 3B - Kerwin Danley
Attendance: 44575
Teixeira cracked a three-run homer, his 30th of the year, in a four-run fourth as the Yankees broke the game open. Nick Swisher and Curtis Granderson also homered in the contest.
Phil Hughes (16-6) cruised to the victory allowing four hits and two runs in five innings. He walked five and fanned one.
Vin Mazzaro (6-7) took the loss surrendering nine runs, seven of them earned, on seven hits in 3 2/3 innings.
New York scored three times in the first and never trailed. Jorge Posada highlighted the scoring in the opening frame with an RBI triple. Swisher hit a two-run homer in the third inning to increase the lead to 5-1.
Daric Barton homered for Oakland, which entered the contest 8 1/2 games behind the Texas Rangers in the AL West.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Oakland | NY Yankees | |
| Vin Mazzaro | Player | Phil Hughes |
| Loss | W/L | Win |
| 3.2 | IP | 5.0 |
| 3 | Strikeouts | 1 |
| 7 | Hits | 4 |
| 17.18 | ERA | 3.60 |
Hitting
| Oakland | NY Yankees | |
| Daric Barton | Player | Mark Teixeira |
| 1 | Hits | 2 |
| 1 | RBI | 3 |
| 1 | HR | 1 |
| 4 | TB | 5 |
| .500 | Avg | .667 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| Oakland | 6 | 1 | 10 | .194 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| NY Yankees | 9 | 3 | 20 | .273 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 |