The offense of the Yankees (48-35) had been dreadful entering play, yet they still won a fifth game in their past eight in large part because the bats finally showed up and their rotation continued to impress.

Stroman made his first start since April 11, missing two and a half months due to left knee inflammation.

Former New York Mets starting pitcher Luis Severino has struggled immensely with the Athletics after signing a three-year, $67 million contract with the team (which used to be based in Oakland) this past offseason. Well, Severino has actually only struggled at Sutter Health Park, which is the Sacramento, California, based minor-league stadium in Sacramento that the Athletics are playing this season while their Las Vegas, Nevada, ballpark is getting built.

An American League club is reportedly ready to move on from an offseason signing. The Athletics made an uncharacteristic free-agent splash when giving Luis Severino a three-year, $67 million deal. The AL West squad is reportedly seeking an escape route. According to USA Today's Bob Nightengale, the A's “can't wait to trade” Severino, who's “agitating the organization” with comments about their temporary home park.

Athletics (34-51, fifth in the AL West) vs. New York Yankees (47-35, first in the AL East) New York; Sunday, 1:35 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: Luis Severino (2-8, 4.83 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 68 strikeouts); Yankees: Marcus Stroman (0-0) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Yankees -193, Athletics +159; over/under is 10 runs BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees and Athletics meet on Sunday with the three-game series tied 1-1. New York has a 47-35 record overall and a 25-17 record in home games. The Yankees have a 37-8 record in games when they out-hit their opponents. The Athletics have a 34-51 record overall and a 19-24 record on the road. The Athletics have gone 17-43 in games when they have allowed a home

The rookie's reaction to the struggling Yankees veteran stood out after a tense seventh inning.

David Gene Parker – whose veteran leadership helped the Oakland A’s win a World Series title in 1989 – has died after battling Parkinson’s disease for several years.

After another embarrassing loss to the Athletics, the New York Yankees sent one of their pitchers down to the minor leagues.

On the big stage at Yankee Stadium, Jack Perkins came through in a key situation for the Athletics. In his second major league appearance, the right-handed pitcher out of Indiana University entered Saturday's game with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning against the New York Yankees.

Against an Athletics team that entered Saturday's game with the second-worst team ERA, the Yankees were shut out and could only get three hits in their loss.

The last-place A’s mercilessly bullied the Yankees on Saturday afternoon in the Bronx.

Parker was inducted into Cooperstown earlier this year.

The combination of poor offense and defense put the Yankees behind the eight ball as they fell to the Athletics, 7-0, on Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.

Stroman will start on Sunday.

The Yankees received five gutsy scoreless innings from Will Warren in Friday's win, and Cody Bellinger delivered a run-scoring hit that blew up some in-game strategy from the Athletics.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered on the first pitch he saw in his 500th game and the New York Yankees beat the Athletics 3-0 on Friday night to reach the halfway point of the season. Chisholm hit his fifth homer in 21 games since returning from an oblique injury on June 3 and gave the Yankees the lead in the second by driving a cutter from A's starter Mitch Spence (2-3) to the second deck in right field. Chisholm has 89 homers and 109 stolen bases since debuting with the Miami Marlins on September 1, 2020.

Luis Severino used to pitch for the New York Yankees and New York Mets.

The Yankees have 26 players on their active roster for Friday night's series opener against the Athletics, only 25 of them are with the team and there's a chance that only 24 are truly available. Backup catcher J.C. Escarra is unofficially on the paternity list. Reliever Jonathan Loáisiga is still out of commission as well. The Yankees considered putting Escarra on the paternity list, calling up a player from Triple-A for the few days he's away from the team, but they ultimately decided against it.

The New York Yankees are gearing up for another three-game series after a night of rest. In fact, every starting pitcher this weekend has a Yankees connection. At the beginning of the series, Yankee Will Warren takes on A's pitcher Mitch Spence. Spence has an 3.84 ERA in 26 games (but only 58.2 innings).

Athletics at New York Yankees Game Preview