Yankees outlast Oakland on hit by pitch in 12th

Yankees outlast Oakland on hit by pitch in 12th : One after another, the New York Yankees kept putting runners on base and leaving them out there to wilt in the heat. Somehow, they still managed to outlast Oakland. Jose Molina was hit by Lenny DiNardo's pitch with the bases loaded in the 12th inning, and New York edged the Athletics 4-3 Saturday in a tense game that lasted 4 hours, 45 minutes on a 93-degree afternoon. "That's the way it goes sometimes. It was crazy," Molina said. Robinson Cano had four hits for the Yankees and David Robertson earned his first major league win. New York, which stranded a whopping 21 runners, was down to its final out in the ninth when Cano doubled off closer Huston Street. Wilson Betemit tied it with an opposite-field single on an 0-2 pitch, handing Street his fifth blown save in 22 chances.... [read full story]