The best 8-2 Yankees take a playoff series against a potential playoff opponent

If receiver Jonathan Lucroy had suggested two days earlier, the A wanted to send a message to the Yankees and the rest of the league with the three-game series against New York.

Helped by a lot of bullets jumping into the backguard, the A scored four times in the first run and continued to add a few more goals than an 8-2 win over the Yankees, a potential opponent Oakland.

New York currently occupies first place in the AHL and second place in the A category, placing them online for a Oct. 3 game at Yankee Stadium if things remain unchanged. The A are three and a half games behind Houston in the AL West, and for the wild card, there are three and a half games behind New York after two games out of three this week at the Coliseum.

The days of Mike Fiers for throwing are good for the A's. They are now 6-0 in his starts since he was acquired from Detroit in August.

Initially, the signs were not very good Wednesday. Proud came out on a trip in which he gave three circuits, his control was generally superb and the Yankees hit him hard. New York loaded the bases in the first on a double Giancarlo Stanton and two walks, and even the first two outs were deep flyballs. He put Luke Voit on the ground to finish third, but he shot 28 shots.

Fiers recovered in the second run, requiring only nine shots to pass the final third of the lineup, and he faced the minimum in five innings, eliminating even the team Brett Gardner, Stanton and Andrew McCutchen. sixth.

He came in seventh, becoming the first A-starter in 15 games, but he led Arron Hicks to start the heat and Gary Sanchez followed with a center-left finish.

The three marches equaled Proud's total, his first five starts with Oakland.

After Fiers avoided a disaster in the first, the A's offensive was put to work, boosted by a series of throws and balls. Ramon Laureano, who made his first start at the top of the championship, doubled to clear the path and finished third on a past ball. Jed Lowrie stopped him, then Khris Davis kicked right for McCutchen. By the time the ball was removed from the board, Davis had a double, but Lowrie, cautioned by McCutchen, failed to score.

He did it anyway thanks to the wild throw of Luis Severino and Davis went in third position. He scored on a 1-2 by Matt Olson, who climbed a past ball and scored on a wild pitch.

In the third, Chapman walked, Lowrie singled out and both finally came on a base shot by Stephen Piscotty. Chapman also provided a RBI stop point at the fourth and he doubled to Laureano in sixth.

The A have improved their best league record since 16 to 50-21. They split the series with the Yankees and are 24-15 against New York dating back to 2013, the league's best record against the Yankees in this period.