Amed Rosario’s two home runs powers Yankees’ 5-3 comeback win over Athletics

Amed Rosario hit two home runs to lead the Yankees to a 5-3 comeback win over the Athletics on Tuesday night at The Stadium.

With the Yankees’ offense as cold as the outdoor temperature, Rosario’s second blast in the eighth helped New York avoid their first losing streak of the season.

The Yankees (8-2) have now won the first game of each of their series to start the season.

Here are the takeaways….

–Cam Schlittler started the game by getting behind Nick Kurtz 3-0, but bounced back to strike out Kurtz and Shea Langeliers, throwing six straight strikes. The young right-hander would sit down the first six batters, but the A’s led off the third with back-to-back singles. Kurtz would make Schlittler pay with a one-out double to give the A’s a 2-1 lead. Two batters later, Tyler Soderstrom doubled home the third Athletics run of the inning.

It’s the first runs Schlittler has allowed all year, ending a streak of 15 scoreless to start the season.

Schlittler would gut through five innings to give the Yankees a chance. He tossed 84 pitches (58 strikes) across those five frames, allowing three runs on five hits and no walks. He also struck out seven batters.

-Rosario started at third base in place of Ryan McMahon and the move by manager Aaron Boone paid off. Rosario got around a 91 mph sinker up and in and deposited it 399 feet over the left field wall to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.

Aside from that, the Yankees offense could not figure out A’s starter Aaron Civale. Civale came into the game with a 6.35 ERA in seven career starts against the Yankees, including a 7.15 ERA in five starts at the Stadium. The right-hander allowed just one run on two hits and four walks while striking out six batters across five innings.

-The Yankees offense was 0-for-7 with RISP entering the eighth, but going up against former Yankees reliever Mark Leiter Jr., Giancarlo Stanton got the team their first hit with RISP with a single to score Cody Bellinger. Rosario followed, two batters later, with a three-run shot to put the Yankees up for good. It’s the third time Rosario has had a multi-homer game ( 8/31/21 & 5/20/18).

-Another bright spot for the Yankees was the bullpen. After allowing four runs in their loss on Sunday, and three in their win on Saturday, they shut down the A’s.

Here’s how the bullpen performed…

• Jake Bird: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 K

• Brent Headrick: 1.0 IP, 2 BB, 3 K

• Fernando Cruz: 1.1 IP, 2 BB, 1 K

• David Bednar: 1.0 IP, 1 K

Game MVP: Amed Rosario

The Yankees offense stalled for most of this game, but Rosario’s blast woke up the team and the fans.

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