Adrián Martínez held New York hitless into the fifth inning and the A's shut down the powerful Yankees for a second straight game with a 4-1 victory Sunday.
OAKLAND -- On paper, it looked like a major mismatch, with last-place Oakland sending out a couple of struggling starters against Aaron Judge and the powerful New York Yankees.Minor league call-up Adrián Martínez held New York hitless into the fifth inning and the Athletics beat Yankees 4-1 Sunday.
Martínez , called up from Triple-A before the game, allowed two walks and no other baserunners until Aaron Hicks' single with two outs in the fifth for New York's second hit in an 18-inning span against the last-place A's. New York managed just one more hit off the Oakland bullpen, with A.J. Puk getting three outs for his fourth save.
The A's jumped on Clarke Schmidt early in his second start of the season. Stephen Vogt, who hit a tying two-run homer in the 10th on Saturday, followed it up with an RBI double in the first and scored on Dermis Garcia's single.That was more than enough for Martinez.