Yanks thump Anderson, A’s in 10-3 win

(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Not to discredit Oakland’s pitching staff, but as I noted in my Mariners preview last Friday, for all the impressive numbers the A’s’ starters have put up, they’d only played five of their first 50 games against teams from the AL East.

Oakland’s gotten yet another lesson in how we do things on the east coast these last few days, as the Yankees pounded de facto ace Brett Anderson for nine earned runs (10 total) over 5 1/3 innings, en route to a 10-3 win. Anderson and rotationmate Trevor Cahill‘s groundballing shenanigans may work against the lesser offenses of the AL West and Central, but to the Yankees’ credit, they’ve gotten runs when they’ve needed to against two of the top pitchers in the American League.

Curtis Granderson continued his “If Jose Bautista Didn’t Exist I’d be MVP” campaign with another three-hit day, including his 17th home run of the season. Alex Rodriguez also picked up three more singles and drove three in, and while I feel ridiculous complaining about any level of production, Alex has been a singles machine of late, and hasn’t knocked an extra-base hit since May 21 against the Mets. As long as he’s getting on base, that’s great, but I’d like to see a tad more power out of the team’s cleanup hitter. Robinson Cano also launched a mammoth two-run blast that essentially put the game out of hand at 7-1.

Freddy Garcia posted another respectable start, doing to Oakland’s lineup what Ivan Nova couldn’t to the Mariners’, going seven innings and giving up three runs. The teams finish the series up at 3:35pm this afternoon, with A.J. Burnett facing Gio Gonzalez.

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