Alex Wood takes the mound for the Oakland A’s against Nestor Cortes and the New York Yankees on Thursday night.
The Oakland Athletics will take the field at Yankee Stadium on Thursday for the final game in this four-game series against the New York Yankees. The Yankees lead the series 2-1 after winning the last two games despite losing the first. They won the second game 4-3 with Marcus Stroman getting the win by pitching 5.1 innings with nine strikeouts. Anthony Rizzo homered with two RBIs in the win, while Giancarlo Stanton also had two RBIs.
Last night, they won 7-3 with Clarke Schmidt winning game No. 2 on the season. He pitched 5.1 innings with six strikeouts. Rizzo, Aaron Judge, and Juan Soto all homered in the outing, with Soto and Judge having two RBIs each. The Athletics won the first game of the series and will be looking to even it up here today. Lucas Erceg pitched 2.0 innings, picking up his first win of the season three days ago with one strikeout. Zack Gelof hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth to win that game for Oakland 2-0.
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Game Date: Apr. 25, 2024
Game Time: 7:05 p.m. ET
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Oakland will head to the next starting pitcher in the rotation in Alex Wood. He is 0-2 this season with a 7.89 ERA and 20 strikeouts over 21.2 innings. The left-hander went 5.0 innings in his last start that ended in a 6-3 loss against the Cleveland Guardians. He allowed four of the six earned runs on eight hits with four strikeouts.
Nestor Cortes will be New York’s starting pitcher of choice tonight to end the series. He is 1-1 in 2024 with a 3.41 ERA and 28 strikeouts over 29.0 innings. Also a left-hander, he went 7.0 scoreless innings in his last start, getting nine strikeouts and no walks in what ended up being a 2-0 loss in 10 innings to the Tampa Bay Rays.
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