Brandon Allen hit two tape-measure homers, Eric Sogard connected for one that barely cleared the wall and the Oakland Athletics hung on to beat the New York Yankees 6-5 on Tuesday night.
Brandon McCarthy ran the A’s stretch of superb pitching into the eighth before allowing a two-out, three-run homer to Nick Swisher that lifted a quiet crowd. The three runs were one more than Oakland had given up in the previous three games combined.
The Yankees rallied for two runs in the ninth against closer Andrew Bailey, before Swisher flied out to the wall in right-center with the bases loaded to end it for his 17th save.
McCarthy (7-6) gave up eight hits and struck out six in 7 2-3 innings, improving to 6-1 in eight starts since the All-Star break.