Oakland A's at New York Yankees- Wild Card game thread

[jacksonianmarch]

Time to go, Sevy

[TylerD]

Won’t lie thought he was done after the fourth.

[jacksonianmarch]

Agree with Eck. You hook Sevy after 4 here. Your pen is loaded and he cannot seem to challenge hitters

[jacksonianmarch]

Boone, you moron

[TylerD]

Respectable night for the starter. Don’t think he should have come into the 5th.

[jacksonianmarch]

Doesn't make sense. Sevy's worst inning is the 5th. While he hadn't allowed a hit or a run, he was clearly pitching around almost everyone. He gets through 4. You have Betances, Green, KRob, Britton and Chapman. You literally could go 1 inning a pop from the 5th on and close out the game. He doesn't do it. Just dumb

[jacksonianmarch]

Huge impact performance there by Betances

[jacksonianmarch]

Don't like going to Betances for a second inning. He has not been good beyond an inning this year. Boone is playing with fire. We don't need to do that

[jacksonianmarch]

I was wrong. Betances mowed them down.

[jacksonianmarch]

I love me some Rodney!

[redsoxrules]

Rodney stinks so bad. I don't understand why Melvin would put him in there in a winnable game still.

[jacksonianmarch]

Wow, what an inning!

[iortiz]

Rodney stinks so bad. I don't understand why Melvin would put him in there in a winnable game still.

 

I was about to say the same. Huge mistake. He sucks badly.

[bkzwhitestrican]

I'm glad AJ Cole isn't on the roster otherwise I'm sure Boone would go to him right here.

[jacksonianmarch]

I'm glad AJ Cole isn't on the roster otherwise I'm sure Boone would go to him right here.

 

Close this s*** out. WOW, what a play!!!

[jacksonianmarch]

Robertson gave up two missiles

[jacksonianmarch]

Britton-Chap. Close this out!

[jacksonianmarch]

That wasn't even close. Wow, what a call, lol

[jacksonianmarch]

6-2. Cmon Zach, close this out

[Slasher9]

Ale > alw

[bkzwhitestrican]

Ale > alw

 

+1.

[bkzwhitestrican]

Boone gets credit for managing this game near perfectly. Hopefully this continues for the next 4 weeks.

[a700hitter]

This should be a Yankee blowout with Liam Hendricks getting the start. I think I will go read a book.

The outcome was completely predictable.

[dgalehouse]

The Oakland A's were completely overwhelmed by the whole thing. The crowd, the noise , the atmosphere was just too much for them. They were not up to the moment. Plus , the Yankees are clearly the better team. We have heard ad nauseum how anything can happen in a one game playoff. That may be true , but this game was not the least bit surprising.

[moonslav59]

No, but I wouldn't have been surprised if the A's won 8-7. They certainly had several chances.