OAKLAND, Calif. -- After struggling in April, Carlos Beltran started taking a more aggressive approach to hitting and has been blooming in May.
Beltran had three RBI, including a go-ahead, two-run homer in the sixth, Brian McCann and Chase Headley each also drove in a run and the New York Yankees ended a four-game losing streak in Oakland, beating the Athletics 5-3 Saturday night.
"I'm just getting better results," Beltran said. "Sometimes I have been too passive at the plate, so my mentality is to hit. If I'm too patient, it puts me in a hole."
After hitting .162 in the first month, Beltran has turned it on this month. He's hitting .308 in May and slammed his fifth homer, all since May 10. He's driven in 14 of his 21 RBI this month.
"Sometimes it takes a while to get going," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "He's feeling good about his swing and came out of it. He kept working at it and now you're just seeing Carlos."
McCann drove in a run in his eighth straight to help the Yankees win their fourth in six games. Headley had three hits and Alex Rodriguez hit safely in his ninth straight, and in his last 14 starts.
Josh Reddick had three hits and drove in a run for the A's, who had a two-game win streak snapped. The A's have still won five of their last eight following a four-game losing streak. Billy Butler and Marcus Semien drove in runs.
"Early on you look up there and I think we had seven hits and no runs, and that's hard to do," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "One extra base hit maybe breaks it open a little bit more. We were getting good at-bats; we were getting our share of hits, but just not to the point where we're knocking runs in early."
Jesse Hahn (2-5), who threw his first complete-game and shutout in his last start, gave up four runs -- three earned -- and seven hits over six innings. He walked one and struck out four.
Chasen Shreve (2-1) struck out all four batters he faced to earn the win. Andrew Miller pitched the ninth for his 15th consecutive save.
Yankees starter Nathan Eovaldi lasted 4 2/3 innings, allowing three runs and 11 hits. He did not walk a batter and struck out two.
Beltran added an RBI single in the eighth.
OPENING ACT
Outfielder Ramon Flores made a splash in the field in his major-league debut, making a diving catch and throwing a runner out at the plate.
Flores, on his first major league chance, threw out Semien trying to score in the first and then robbed Eric Sogard with a diving catch in the fourth.
"It was exciting for me those two plays," Flores said. "That's the way I played in Triple-A. I try to enjoy the game."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: RHP Chris Martin (right elbow) threw a scoreless inning with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Saturday, his first rehab appearance. He threw 14 pitches, nine for strikes. ... OF Slade Heathcott (right quad strain) was placed on the disabled list 10 days after making his major league debut.
Athletics: LHP Eric O'Flaherty (strained left shoulder) allowed an unearned run on one hit in one inning with the Single-A Stockton Ports in his first rehab appearance. ... LHP Sean Doolittle (left shoulder sprain) returned to the disabled list three days after making his season debut.
UP NEXT
Yankees: RHP Adam Warren (3-3, 3.91) will start against the Athletics in the series finale Sunday. He's thrown three consecutive quality starts.
Athletics: RHP Jesse Chavez (1-5, 2.44) hopes his luck begins to change as he has the lowest run support (1.20) in the majors since his first start on April 23 and has received no run support in four of his first seven starts.
Beltran had three RBI, including a go-ahead, two-run homer in the sixth, Brian McCann and Chase Headley each also drove in a run and the New York Yankees ended a four-game losing streak in Oakland, beating the Athletics 5-3 Saturday night.
"I'm just getting better results," Beltran said. "Sometimes I have been too passive at the plate, so my mentality is to hit. If I'm too patient, it puts me in a hole."
After hitting .162 in the first month, Beltran has turned it on this month. He's hitting .308 in May and slammed his fifth homer, all since May 10. He's driven in 14 of his 21 RBI this month.
"Sometimes it takes a while to get going," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "He's feeling good about his swing and came out of it. He kept working at it and now you're just seeing Carlos."
McCann drove in a run in his eighth straight to help the Yankees win their fourth in six games. Headley had three hits and Alex Rodriguez hit safely in his ninth straight, and in his last 14 starts.
Josh Reddick had three hits and drove in a run for the A's, who had a two-game win streak snapped. The A's have still won five of their last eight following a four-game losing streak. Billy Butler and Marcus Semien drove in runs.
"Early on you look up there and I think we had seven hits and no runs, and that's hard to do," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "One extra base hit maybe breaks it open a little bit more. We were getting good at-bats; we were getting our share of hits, but just not to the point where we're knocking runs in early."
Jesse Hahn (2-5), who threw his first complete-game and shutout in his last start, gave up four runs -- three earned -- and seven hits over six innings. He walked one and struck out four.
Chasen Shreve (2-1) struck out all four batters he faced to earn the win. Andrew Miller pitched the ninth for his 15th consecutive save.
Yankees starter Nathan Eovaldi lasted 4 2/3 innings, allowing three runs and 11 hits. He did not walk a batter and struck out two.
Beltran added an RBI single in the eighth.
OPENING ACT
Outfielder Ramon Flores made a splash in the field in his major-league debut, making a diving catch and throwing a runner out at the plate.
Flores, on his first major league chance, threw out Semien trying to score in the first and then robbed Eric Sogard with a diving catch in the fourth.
"It was exciting for me those two plays," Flores said. "That's the way I played in Triple-A. I try to enjoy the game."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: RHP Chris Martin (right elbow) threw a scoreless inning with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Saturday, his first rehab appearance. He threw 14 pitches, nine for strikes. ... OF Slade Heathcott (right quad strain) was placed on the disabled list 10 days after making his major league debut.
Athletics: LHP Eric O'Flaherty (strained left shoulder) allowed an unearned run on one hit in one inning with the Single-A Stockton Ports in his first rehab appearance. ... LHP Sean Doolittle (left shoulder sprain) returned to the disabled list three days after making his season debut.
UP NEXT
Yankees: RHP Adam Warren (3-3, 3.91) will start against the Athletics in the series finale Sunday. He's thrown three consecutive quality starts.
Athletics: RHP Jesse Chavez (1-5, 2.44) hopes his luck begins to change as he has the lowest run support (1.20) in the majors since his first start on April 23 and has received no run support in four of his first seven starts.
10:05PM,EDT,May 30,2015
O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California
O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| New York - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Jesse Hahn pitching for Oakland | NYY | OAK |
| Gardner grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Headley singled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Rodriguez singled to center, Headley to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Teixeira struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| McCann singled to right, Headley scored, Rodriguez to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Beltrán struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Nathan Eovaldi pitching for New York | NYY | OAK |
| Burns singled to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Semien grounded into fielder's choice to third, Burns out at second. | 1 | 0 |
| Vogt flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Butler singled to right, Semien to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Reddick singled to left, Semien thrown out at home, Butler to second. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jesse Hahn pitching for Oakland | NYY | OAK |
| Flores fouled out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Gregorius singled to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Pirela grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, Gregorius out at second. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Nathan Eovaldi pitching for New York | NYY | OAK |
| Lawrie singled to deep right. | 1 | 0 |
| Muncy struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| Sogard fouled out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Fuld grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Lawrie out at second. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jesse Hahn pitching for Oakland | NYY | OAK |
| Gardner struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Headley grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 0 |
| Rodriguez struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Nathan Eovaldi pitching for New York | NYY | OAK |
| Burns singled to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Semien singled to left, Burns to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Vogt singled to center, Burns to third, Semien to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Butler hit sacrifice fly to center, Burns scored, Semien to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Reddick singled to right center, Semien scored, Vogt to second. | 1 | 2 |
| Lawrie grounded into fielder's choice to third, Vogt out at third, Reddick to second. | 1 | 2 |
| Muncy struck out swinging. | 1 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jesse Hahn pitching for Oakland | NYY | OAK |
| Teixeira grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 2 |
| McCann grounded out to first. | 1 | 2 |
| Beltrán grounded out to third. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Nathan Eovaldi pitching for New York | NYY | OAK |
| Sogard singled to center. | 1 | 2 |
| Fuld grounded out to shortstop, Sogard to second. | 1 | 2 |
| Burns grounded out to catcher. | 1 | 2 |
| Semien singled to right, Sogard scored. | 1 | 3 |
| Vogt grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jesse Hahn pitching for Oakland | NYY | OAK |
| Flores lined out to left. | 1 | 3 |
| Gregorius grounded out to second. | 1 | 3 |
| Pirela reached on infield single to shortstop. | 1 | 3 |
| Gardner safe at first on error by third baseman Lawrie, Pirela to second. | 1 | 3 |
| Headley singled to center, Pirela scored, Gardner to second. | 2 | 3 |
| Rodriguez grounded out to second. | 2 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Nathan Eovaldi pitching for New York | NYY | OAK |
| Butler grounded out to third. | 2 | 3 |
| Reddick flied out to left. | 2 | 3 |
| Lawrie singled to right center. | 2 | 3 |
| Shreve relieved Eovaldi. | 2 | 3 |
| Canha hit for Muncy. | 2 | 3 |
| Canha struck out swinging. | 2 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jesse Hahn pitching for Oakland | NYY | OAK |
| Canha at first base. | 2 | 3 |
| Teixeira grounded out to pitcher. | 2 | 3 |
| McCann walked. | 2 | 3 |
| Beltrán homered to center (407 feet), McCann scored. | 4 | 3 |
| Flores grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 3 |
| Gregorius lined out to center. | 4 | 3 |
| 2 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Chasen Shreve pitching for New York | NYY | OAK |
| Sogard struck out swinging. | 4 | 3 |
| Fuld struck out swinging. | 4 | 3 |
| Burns struck out swinging. | 4 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Arnold Leon pitching for Oakland | NYY | OAK |
| León relieved Hahn. | 4 | 3 |
| Pirela popped out to shortstop. | 4 | 3 |
| Gardner struck out looking. | 4 | 3 |
| Headley reached on bunt single to catcher. | 4 | 3 |
| Rodriguez struck out swinging. | 4 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Justin Wilson pitching for New York | NYY | OAK |
| Drew at second base. | 4 | 3 |
| Wilson relieved Shreve. | 4 | 3 |
| Semien grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 3 |
| Vogt flied out to center. | 4 | 3 |
| Betances relieved Wilson. | 4 | 3 |
| Butler struck out looking. | 4 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Arnold Leon pitching for Oakland | NYY | OAK |
| Teixeira singled to center. | 4 | 3 |
| Teixeira stole second. | 4 | 3 |
| McCann grounded out to first, Teixeira to third. | 4 | 3 |
| Beltrán singled to left, Teixeira scored. | 5 | 3 |
| Flores grounded into fielder's choice to third, Beltrán out at second. | 5 | 3 |
| Abad relieved León. | 5 | 3 |
| Gregorius flied out to center. | 5 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Dellin Betances pitching for New York | NYY | OAK |
| Young in right field. | 5 | 3 |
| Reddick singled to right. | 5 | 3 |
| Lawrie struck out swinging. | 5 | 3 |
| Canha struck out swinging. | 5 | 3 |
| Sogard flied out to center. | 5 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Fernando Abad pitching for Oakland | NYY | OAK |
| Drew fouled out to third. | 5 | 3 |
| Gardner grounded out to second. | 5 | 3 |
| Headley grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Andrew Miller pitching for New York | NYY | OAK |
| Zobrist hit for Fuld. | 5 | 3 |
| Zobrist flied out to center. | 5 | 3 |
| Burns grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 3 |
| Semien struck out swinging. | 5 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York Yankees | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Gardner CF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | .280 | .359 | .427 |
| Headley 3B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .256 | .310 | .406 |
| Rodriguez DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .276 | .366 | .546 |
| Teixeira 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .239 | .358 | .560 |
| McCann C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | .255 | .324 | .470 |
| Beltrán RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .245 | .274 | .409 |
Young RF
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .223 | .281 | .446 |
| Flores LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Gregorius SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .211 | .276 | .289 |
| Pirela 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .212 | .212 | .242 |
Drew 2B
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .157 | .225 | .301 |
| Totals | 37 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 144 | |||
| BATTING HR: Beltrán (4, 6th inning off Hahn 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: McCann (33), Headley (23), Beltrán 3 (21) 2-out RBI: McCann, Headley GIDP: Pirela Yankees RISP: 3-7 (Beltrán 1-2, Teixeira 0-1, Rodriguez 0-1, Headley 1-1, McCann 1-2) Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Teixeira (1, 2nd base off León/Vogt) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING Outfield Assist: Flores (Semien at Home). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | O.co Coliseum, Oakland, CA |
| Attendance | 25,223 (71.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:06 |
| Weather | 55 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 16 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Dana DeMuth, First Base - Paul Nauert, Second Base - Ed Hickox, Third Base - Mike Estabrook |
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